Theme: Extended Family and Friends

Extended Family: Giving is living. This is a choice we’re making.

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Extended Family: Giving is living. This is a choice we’re making.

The aunt of a little girl, Havi, who died from Tay-Sachs, talks about how loving on Havi and her parents was a gift she gave herself; and on how she is finding ways to keep loving and giving following Havi’s death.

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