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“Our parents were the types to cover our eyes in theaters when movies got violent and our ears if a conversation became explicit. They didn’t want us to grow up so fast that we’d forget what it was like when the only monsters in life were the ones under the bed.”

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Book:The Secret Adoption: A Family Memoir
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The Secret Adoption: A Family Memoir

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