I could tell, for the Beaches there was no

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　　between Su and me; I was their daughter, too.

　　When Su and I

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　　college they kept my room the same for the entire four years I attended school. Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for 23 years.

　　The Beaches knew

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　　about me when they took me in – they had heard the whole story from Su. When I was seven, my mother died and from then on my father relied on other people to

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　　his kids. Before I went to live with the Beaches I had been convinced that life was entirely

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　　and that love was shaky and untrustworthy. I had believed that the only person who would take care of me was me.

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　　the Beaches, I would have become a bitter, selfish and pessimistic woman. They gave me a home that allowed me to grow and

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　　.They kept me from being paralyzed by my

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　　, and they gave me the confidence to open my heart.

　　I

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　　family. For me, it wasn’t the family that was there on the day I was

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　　, but the one that was there for me when I was living in a Howard Johnson’s on Interstate 10.

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