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How a janitor and a cook stepped in to care for residents who were left abandoned.

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There are certain moments in life that determine who you want to be. This was definitely one of those moments for Maurice Rowland and Miguel Alvarez.

Rowland was working as a cook and Alvarez as a janitor at an assisted living facility when suddenly they found out that the facility was going to close.

There were about 16 residents left at the home with nowhere to go and nobody to take care of them. Some of them had dementia.

The two men, who have been friends since middle school, decided they couldn't abandon the residents who were left behind.

So they stepped up and started to care for the people. Because it was the humane thing to do. Because it was the right thing to do. And because they cared.

"Even though they wasn't our family. The were kind of like our family for this short period of time," Rowland said.

To learn more about why the pair made the choice they did, watch this video:

Watch a 9-year-old's conversation with his dad about growing up black in the South.

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Kids ask a lot of questions.

There are the easy ones, of course — Why does the sun shine? Why can't I have dessert right now? — but not every childhood curiosity is so cut-and-dried.

There are some answers that are just too complicated or subjects that are too scary for parents to broach. And then, of course, there are the things that parents are still struggling with because they don't have the answers yet themselves.

If you could go back and do it again, what would you ask when you were younger? The answer probably depends on your circumstances.

Consider the case of Albert Sykes from Mississippi. Like any father of three, Sykes wants his kids to have the best lives they can. But he's also well aware of the realities of the world.

That's why Sykes sat down with his son Aidan to have an honest conversation about life: the decisions he's made for his family so far, his dreams for their future, and — well, let's just say that 9-year-old Aidan didn't shy away from the hard-hitting topics about growing up black in Mississippi.

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How a janitor and a cook stepped in to care for residents who were left abandoned.

There are certain moments in life that determine who you want to be. This was definitely one of those moments for Maurice Rowland and Miguel Alvarez.

The two men, who have been friends since middle school, decided they couldn't abandon the residents who were left behind.

Watch a 9-year-old's conversation with his dad about growing up black in the South.

Kids ask a lot of questions.

If you could go back and do it again, what would you ask when you were younger? The answer probably depends on your circumstances.

Watch the moving father-son conversation below:

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