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My husband is deployed. I have a newborn and a toddler. The grass in my yard was knee-high. I just couldn’t get to it. I was exhausted. I heard a mower outside at 7 AM on a Saturday. I was annoyed. I looked out. It was three teenage boys from the neighborhood. They were mowing my lawn. Weeding the flower beds. Trimming the hedges. I ran out. ‘How much do you charge?’ The leader, a kid named Mike, wiped his forehead. ‘Nothing, Ma’am. We saw the flag on your porch. We know your husband’s away. My dad was in the Marines. We know how hard it is.’ They finished. They even swept the driveway. I tried to give them money. They refused. ‘Just tell him thanks when he calls,’ Mike said. I took a picture and sent it to my husband. He cried. America isn’t what you see on the news. America is three teenagers mowing a lawn for a stranger because it’s the right thing to do.
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