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I hope your kids know how lucky they are!\u201d Two days later, St. Mary\u2019s Hospital called to say Tom had collapsed from grief and exhaustion and had listed my number under \u201ckind stranger.\u201d I visited him with food, and he told me I reminded him of his mother. Since then, I have checked on him every week, and he has become part of our lives, even meeting my children. He may not be family by blood, but he is family in my heart. 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