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November 8, 2019

Lean On me – The sacrifice of a mobile, military family

By Kayleen Petrovia

In every house my family has lived in, there’s been a wooden sign near the front door that says “Home is where the Army sends us.”
Below, there’s a string of 10 hearts, each with a different location we’ve lived.
As a military kid, much of my childhood was spent moving every couple years and...

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