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Keeley and the vialT.J. Ashbaugh, 26, fastens the hair of his stepdaughter Emily, 3, as he puts her to bed on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at their home in North Vandergrift. Above on the top bunk, his eight-year-old daughter Keeley talks to them as she waits her turn. Keeley has settled into a life of more structure after the unpredictability that came with both of her birth parents' heroin use. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Keeley and the vialKate Ashbaugh, 24, holds her daughter Addyson, 1, as she looks toward her daughter Emily, 3, and husband T.J., 26. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Keeley and the vialThree-year-old Emily plays on a tablet at the feet of her stepfather, T.J. Ashbaugh, as they wait for Emily's stepsister Keeley to come home from school. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
Keeley and the vialDanielle McClain keeps the ashes of her late son, Ricky, in a lit glass cabinet with his last pack of Newport cigarettes, photos of him and his sons, and his always meticulously clean Air Force 1 sneakers. (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
After Danielle's fallIzzy uses her body to prevent her grandparents’ golf balls from rolling off the green and into the water as they play miniature golf at Sunset Golf in South Park (Stephanie Strasburg/Post-Gazette)
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