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**A Diary of Love and Loneliness** My husband and I denied ourselves everything so our children could

**Diary Entry November 12th** My husband and I gave up everything so our children could have more.

**A Daughter-in-Law with “Baggage”** “Olivia, has your son gotten married?

In the heart of Devon, amid rolling fields of wheat and pastures, stood the old farmhouse of Willowbrook.

Me and my husband gave up everything so our kids could have more. And now, in our old age, weve ended

The fairgrounds of Willow Creek were always too loud, too sticky, too vast for such a quiet, delicate

**Diary Entry**Ive had enoughIm done! How much longer can I take this? The constant exhaustion of parenthood

The golden light filtering through the lace curtains settled softly upon the silver-framed photographa

Edward Whitmore stood in the doorway, his heart pounding like a drum as he watched the scene unfold before him.

Months later, Stanley had become an indispensable part of Annas home.Stanley sat on a frost-covered bench