"It's shameful to live like this, " cried Najoud, a mother of eight, as she she broke down in tears.

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Even now I can see Dr. Hingorani telling my mother that her boy has chronic hypertension and feel the embarrassment of seeing tears well up in her eyes.

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Robson conceded that she broke down in tears one Mother's Day because Wade spent the entire day with Jackson instead of her.

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"There were a few tears and lots of hugs, and a lot of excitement, " said his mother, Barbara Ackerman.

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