touch after leaving the foster system.
Not long afterward, we went on our first date.
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Three months later, we were married.
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Our life wasn’t glamorous.
I worked as a store clerk, while Tom worked as a mechanic.
But we had food on the table, a warm bed, and—most importantly—each other.
Then our daughter, Emily, was born.
For the first time, I believed our little family might finally be safe.
One morning, I looked at Tom and smiled.
“It feels like I’m dreaming. One wrong move, and I’ll wake up without you.”
A month later, I woke up to the worst nightmare of my life.
The doctor adjusted his glasses and quietly said,
“Your husband has cancer. It’s very aggressive.”
Everything went silent.
Tom and I fought with everything we had.
We spent our savings.
We borrowed money.
We traveled to
