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is drtiicatrd to osjianizntions liKe Patch in the C:ahl,agetown Iici,rrhl,ol-hood of Atl;u~tn,rrin I)? rnrn ancl wornen w h o have consis;ently put thr wt-lf;irr of their ncig1il)or-hoods ;~hencl of personal 9ninLa'nd to those ijlcsscd foundations that support them, !car after )-ear.?
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:ces in the o f these ' forcrs, despite a i r ~ t h i.,~ iwe q can do to counteract i ~ sees'to , it that certain stnde~rts\r.ill remain inll)edtfrd in our nlenlories. I've llati niy share, so far, ikttuderrts like that. Thry are inde1il)le. One of ~ h r ~ rs.i kid , ri;inied ~ r & s t , . i sone of those extraordinary hurnan I>eings who, while he \-one of his weekends to help me 1)uild my logr.hopse. He raised logs into place, cut out the windo\\. id duos hbles with . :*-~niv'. chain s ; ~ , set rafters--he was everywhere on that strurtul-e, laughin~>%*id talking. Despite the fact that we were 'cfose rhen, I loz.~ .~ erythins to?~h.;tI,t'.'~ . ~ a s ~ l e ~ agairl.qt r r i i i ~the side of my green pickup truck t a l k i n * i ~ 6 i ~ + i o " Brooks , when I gradually I>ec;lrnc'aware of another presover the tailgate and saw t h e r e . a skinny littlk ence. I .~la~ried,l)ackwards four411d-a-half-foot-high kid l o o k i ~ ~u gp at me, srinning out through I>~.;rces . . * ailif frony u l ~ d e rishock of blovd hair, and wearins one of those yellow ,/ . fodt!ja~i jexseys with ljlark stripes around the slrrves, jeans, a n d , ? pair of., teniris shoes'that must have l~eenrescued from the trash at least twice. H e heritated for a secqnd, and then said, ".4re you Wig? I'm Ernest's Iitile lirorher. H e rold me to firid i o u when I got hkl'e: 1'm David r\nd-instantly a wave crashed through me, and I looked into &at appse-' hensive little face and salt., one after t h e other, each. fare replaced by another, an e ~ i d l e s p a r - a d ein whi(11 eacli student I had succeeded with, or failed with. \%.as~ - e ~ l i c . 1,y e d another in a never-endi~rgline-each with new hopes and new neecls and new expectations. ;\nd I felt things snrhhing ,arotlnd inside'of me that I car1 never remer111)er feelins hefore. I t was important that that happen then,, for d u r i ~ gthe same summer, we ~
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