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After a Slip, Parents Find Renewed Focus
"Hey, honey. Did you miss me?" Keith Cromwell asks daughter Keyona during a visit in March. After using drugs again in February, Cromwell said, "All my nevers came through."
(By Michael Williamson -- The Washington Post)
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"Look at the pretty outfit, Daddy," Coleman whispers. "You are getting ready to walk, ain't you?" she croons. "Keyona, Keyona."
Cromwell takes the baby and kisses her. Takes a deep breath. Puts his arm around Coleman's shoulder.
Welch beams.
"That must be Keyona," he says.
"My little angel," Cromwell replies.
"That's who you are working for," Welch says. "You light up the room with your presence and your smile. You are walking on air. All I can say about you is that you are doing stellar."
"I just want to thank God I woke up to see another day," Cromwell says.
"Amen to that," Welch says.
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