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wife, she encouragingly told me I had made the

right decision. I told her I thought so as well,

but felt maybe our daughter might wish I had

accepted it so I wouldn’t be there to bother her.

I decided to talk to the children about it. When

I told them about the money we could have, the

older ones, who understood, became excited.

But when I mentioned being gone a lot, they

suddenly became very quiet. Finally, my

daughter, whom I thought would be glad to

have me gone, spoke up.

“Well, that is the stupidest thing I’ve ever

heard! We need you here! You did tell him no,

didn’t you?!”

I nodded, and she continued. “Then why

are we even discussing it? It’s just not an

option! Case closed!”

My heart trembled with emotion as I

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