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Daddy’s Girl Grand prize
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This is Sgt. John R. Christian and our five-day-old firstborn, whom he had to leave behind when she was six months old for his third deployment as an Army K-9 bomb dog handler. Despite his being gone for most of her first year and not reuniting with her until she was 18 months old, they are absolutely best friends, forever a daddy’s girl.
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Big Brotherly Love
HONORABLE MENTION
Dorothy Pelletier
Colby’s and Blake’s teams had lost their games that day. Colby (left) was taking it hard, so Blake was reminding him of what he’d done well. Brothers may argue and fight at times, but when the chips are down, big brothers are always close by.
Dorothy Pelletier Taylors, South Carolina
Witnessing the Beginning
RUNNER-UP
Lauren Anzevino
This story is from the July - August 2020 edition of Reader's Digest US.
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