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It was 2021 and I was pregnant with our second son. Washington state’s left-leaning politics were becoming exhausting and dangerous, so we packed everything, sold our home, and moved to Tennessee. We thought we were safe from draconian COVID mandates. We wanted to take a break and plant roots in our new home state. 

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