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tears of empathy or anxiety, he’ll be

touched, but grow impatient if I stay

that way too long. But I also know that

his tougher attitude is good for me, and

I find his company endlessly delightful.

I love his effortless charm. I love that

he never runs out of interesting things

to say. I love how he pours his heart

and soul into everything he does, and

everyone he loves, especially our

family.

But most of all I love his way of expressing

compassion. Ken may be aggressive,

more aggressive in a week

than I’ll be in a lifetime, but he uses it

on behalf of others. Before we met, he

worked for the UN in war zones all

over the world, where, among other

things, he conducted prisoner-of-war

and detainee release negotiations. He

would march into fetid jails and face

down camp commanders with machine

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