My parents treated me like a servant. 1 day before…

remember my name.”

One more pause.

“Service is a choice. Servitude is an expectation. And I’ve learned to choose.”

Three hundred people stood up. Applause filled the ballroom. Joanna hugged me tight, whispered, “That was perfect.”

I was crying now, but smiling. This was joy.

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