This afternoon I watched a thirty year old woman try to bilk her eleven year old daughter out of her five dollars of allowance money so she could buy cigarettes. And then lie about it with the skill of a Juilliard trained actress.

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Tonight, when I was completely out of words, completely drained emotionally and with no idea how to help this little girl understand the upside down world in which she is living, Shawn sat down with her and pulled things together in a way that I never could. I love him more every time he breathes.

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