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Goodness is happiness

Emily Sanders Hopkins
Jul 07, 2020
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Dear Emily,

A year ago, I made a big decision to move my family so we could be closer to my parents, who are in their mid-80s and fragile. It felt like the right thing to do, unselfish, something I would look back and be proud of when my life was over. 

Only now that we've done it do I remember: I'm not actually unselfi…

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