When I was young, I dreamt of a greater life.███████████
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I held the tiny hands of my newborn███████████████ ██████████████eight extraordinary weeks, █████ ████████ She nursed, grew strong,████████████
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I did not see her mother for those eight weeks;██nursing chamber, and her ceremonial████████████████████
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But… my momentum faltered over time. ███████████
█████ when her tusks were sharp enough to defend herself.███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████

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