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Having a complete set of parents who will guide you as you grow up is important, but not everyone is blessed with that kind of upbringing. Melody Powell, a mother of two, knows this to be true. So when she married her husband, Frank, in 2014, she knew it was the best decision she will …

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I was raised by my grandmother. And any little thing could trigger her. One time I got mad and told her: ‘You’re not my mom.’ I was only six years old. But she put me on an airplane to go live with my mother for a month, who I didn’t even know. My grandfather James …

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When we were kids, we used to think that adults had it all figured out. They’re older than us, so they’re supposed to know what to do all the time, right? Several years down the road, the revelation that we had it all wrong hits us hard in the face. Now that we’re adults ourselves, …

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A family is not born, it is made. Not all people are lucky to have loving family ties by blood, yet they are blessed enough to be surrounded by people who feel like home. Cody Shugart, a man from Victoria, Texas, is one of those who never had any connection with his biological father. According to …

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