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When I was a little girl, I love to handmade cards from my parents.

I always like to tell them how much I love them

and show my affection with these handmade cards.

And I used to put my signature butterflies and flowers all over them.

You know, I did the same kind of butterfly and the same kind of flower every time.

Not long ago, I was going through a stack of scrapbooks that my mother had so, you know,

carefully saved and put together.

When I came across one of these signature cards that I had made.

And there it was, my butterflies and flowers.

As I was looking at it, I noticed at the bottom of the page,

written in yellow pencil, were these words.

I feel like we are somebody important.

And I know that we are.

When my eyes dropped to those words, I thought,

what in the world was I thinking as a little girl?

I feel like we're someone important and I know that we are.

What was I thinking?

Why can't I feel like that now?

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