On November 6, 1992, tragedy struck my family. T'); document.write('hat was the day that my dad passed away. He died of an inoperable brain tumor. My dad had been sick for about 6 months, '); document.write('and had been in and out of the hospital -- but this had been his longest stay. As a 7-year-old "daddy\'s girl", I didn\'t '); document.write('really understand what had happened. But in looking back over the years since then, I have a different perspective and I'); document.write('\'m able to reflect on what has happened since that day my life was changed forever.
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