text: it really is our kids are all grown and gone and away from home so our our new family is the you know our two cats and our dog we never really well we had we did have some time to devote to them you know but not nearly as much time as we have now so they 've really become children they 're they 're real characters they really well all of them are
  
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  Since our kids are all grown and gone , we have the pets to fill their spots .