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Text by Francesca Taylor My mother used to say, “Soap is soap, and toothpaste is toothpaste; as long as you can get clean and make your breath smell good, does anyone needs to know the difference?”  When you think about it, that’s good advice under any circumstance. But I’m learning that it’s true on a whole…

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Two years ago, Leslie and her children attended Night of Hope at South Euless Elementary. She was mere weeks removed from a cesarean section, and still recovering from the operation. Her newborn child had his first Christmas in the halls of his siblings’ elementary school. Strangers selected and purchased gifts for the entire family that…

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For Athena, the magic of the season is inextricably tied to childhood. As wondrous as it can be, however, it’s also a period of high pressure. As a mother of three, she wants to pass along the miraculous spirit of the holiday. The only trouble is that, by the final month of the year, there…

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Athena and her husband moved from Southern California to North Texas in anticipation of their second son. Five years later, another baby threw the balance out again. For this family, Christmas often looms on the horizon instead of beckoning. But just when it looks like the magic is gone — right when the holiday stress…

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