I see a woman struggle to get a throwing - things - around - and screaming child in their car.
I pass two women as they sit and bond over coffee, one is crying.
I smile as a grandmother hugs their grandchild at a bus stop, while she wobbles, trying to hold too many bags of groceries.
I notice a woman at the pharmacy paying for someone’s candy bar behind th…
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