A story that a mother created in the mid-1990s to alleviate her preschooler son’s separation anxiety struck a chord with him—and has in the ensuing years comforted countless other children as well.

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Brooke first met her husband Noah in a youth group for the Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan, school district in 2017 — or so she thought Brooke Krupiczewicz In 2017, Brooke met her husband Noah while at ...