When I was about ten years old and Danielle six, Patricia asked our mom if Dani and I could appear in one of her fashion shows.

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My mom and I were asked to help fundraiser.

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When I asked my close friend, a stay-at-home mom, about it, she told me about her own husband, who had to miss the first week that their young son spent at a new school because of a business trip.

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