HURST — Crystal Samano settles into a metal chair, coffee in hand, and slides her sunglasses down her forehead to shield her eyes on what may be the final temperate day of 2019. Across the yard, her sons tumble across the family trampoline, pausing only to shower themselves in fresh fallen leaves. The back door…

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I feel two things as I step over the threshold into Rosa’s home: cramped and welcome. Because the living room has been converted into a spare bedroom, the front door is inaccessible. My camera equipment and I come through the back, squeezing through the space between the open door and the refrigerator. Perched in her…

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Dorothy did everything the “right way.” She married her high school sweetheart, started a family, and landed a great job almost as soon as they moved to Texas. There are no guarantees in life, but she followed every proven rule and guideline. Based on almost any metric, her life should have been perfect. Instead, after…

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Jason and Nycole Reyes came to this community in the middle of a battle for their lives. They were both overweight. Doctors warned Jason that, without a dramatic change, he would be wheelchair-bound by the age of 40. Nycole couldn’t safely bear children. So the couple decided to make a change. Almost concurrently, each of…

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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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