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[Jade]

Thanks again everyone. If anything, my experiences help reinforce my philosophy/desires to be service to others.

Jade, I greatly admire your inner strength for surviving and remaining balanced and whole in this environment.

My sister and I are such an interesting case study. We are barely 13 months apart, but we handled the catalyst of our upbringing in the totally opposite ways. My sister used the experiences to become meaner and shrewder. I used them to learn how to de-escalate situations.