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friends,” one replied.


            “Tell me about your fathers,” I said.

            I learned that one boy’s father had

     gone away, leaving his mother


     struggling to take care of herself and

     her son.  The other boy’s father was in

     the military and was deployed.  The

     commonality of what they wanted most


     had brought them together as friends.

            For the first time, I found myself

     without words.  Finally, I said, “You

     know, your fathers may not be around


     this Christmas, but others, even some

     you may not know, love you.”

            They sat on my lap, and I talked to


     them for quite a while, even telling

     them a story or two.  When they left,

     they seemed happier, and their mothers


     thanked me.  But I didn’t feel it needed

     to end there.  I motioned my daughter



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