"We are standing here because her sister and my mom can't be here, " Ms. Lafferty said.

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He wanted to leave the truck stop to my sister because he trusted her to keep it and run it.

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"I was careful not to celebrate too much because I knew how disappointed my sister was, " she said.

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I've lost a relationship with my mother and sister because of the LAPD.

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"My sister is a heroine, because she has freed her heart, her soul and also her future from the weight of the secret, " Nastassja Kinski said.

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Women like my grandmother who worked in a bank all her life, and even after she hit that glass ceiling, kept getting up and giving her best every day, without complaint, because she wanted something better for me and my sister.

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But she earned her education, she made it through with scholarships and hard work, and my sister and I earned our degrees because of her motivation and her support and her impact.

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It's essentially me lending you money without having to worry about whether or not you pay me back because I've sold the IOU to my brother or my sister.

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"My eldest sister, Rebecca, came home crying after her first day of school because there were two other Rebeccas in the class, " she said.

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Was it "only fair" because I knew the challenges and outrageous costs faced by my mother, who struggled with multiple sclerosis, or my sister, who has sarcoidosis?

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