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Let__ be Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus__ children, Scout and Jem, carefully watch their father__ behavior as the house next door to theirs burns to the ground. As the fire creeps closer and closer to the Finches_ home, Atticus appears so calm that Scout and Jem finally decide that __t ain__ time to worry yet._ We need to be Atticus. Hands in our pockets. Calm. Believing. So that our children will look at us and even with a fire raging in front of them, they__l say, __uh. Guess it__ not time to worry yet.
Glennon Doyle Melton Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
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Let__ be Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus__ children, Scout and Jem, carefully watch their father__ behavior as the house next door to theirs burns to the ground. As the fire creeps closer and closer to the Finches_ home, Atticus appears so calm that Scout and Jem finally decide that __t ain__ time to worry yet._ We need to be Atticus. Hands in our pockets. Calm. Believing. So that our children will look at us and even with a fire raging in front of them, they__l say, __uh. Guess it__ not time to worry yet.
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Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

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