When I came out to my own mother, at 40 years old, I was a parent, I had been married to a woman I loved for 20 years, I had a successful career, we owned two homes, and there wasn't a single person who would have guessed my secret or my struggle.

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Katerina Vasilievna would meet him, filled with anguish and zealous fury: it was clear that her husband loved another woman, a better woman, a beautiful stranger of a wicked woman.

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Her sister has said she loved the children and is a peaceful woman.

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She described her mother as a much-loved, strong and persevering woman who loved to see all her grandchildren.

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From an enigmatic source of income, he bought a mansion near the woman he once loved.

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The nanny's sister has said Ms Ortega loved the children she looked after and had never been known as a violent woman.

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One of his songs, "Arms of a Woman, " is about the loneliness of being away from a loved one.

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Bob, this may be your greatest legacy of all -- the lives you saved and the confidence you gave our men and woman in battle who knew that there was a Secretary of Defense who had their backs and who loved them and who fought for them and who did everything in his power to bring them home safe.

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