“Because you’ve always been the more sensitive of my boys, Chris. And when you were little, you used to tell me everything. What you were thinking. What you were feeling. And you’d always ask me how I was feeling.” She smiles, like she always does when she recalls a good memory. “Especially when I was pregnant with Teresa. You didn’t understand how hard pregnancy could be on the body, but you still made it your job to care for me. You would follow me around the house all day long, asking, ‘Mommy, do you need help?’ ‘Mommy, have you taken your medicine?’ One time, you got upset when you saw me
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