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Sarah and her family spend time in the yard on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2022 in Excelsior Springs. “I love my kids more than anything in the world,” Sarah said. Sarah Robbins, 32, is the glue that keeps her family together. With five kids ranging from 9 months to 14 years old, she is constantly doing the best to keep order in their tightly-packed mobile home. She goes from changing diapers one moment, to dealing with a teenager being suspended from school the next. AJ, Sarah’s fiancé of eight years, recently returned to the workforce, which means that Sarah is shouldering more of the parental responsibilities at home. Sarah deals with trauma from her ex-partner who fathered her two teenage sons, while also suffering from postpartum depression following the birth of her youngest nine months ago. “I’ve lived a long life,” Sarah said. And with this, Sarah vows to protect her kids the best she can. “My kids are my life, I wouldn’t be alive if it weren’t for them.” (METADATA DATES ARE WRONG, ALL IMAGES IN STORY TAKEN SEPTEMBER 2022 FOR 74TH MISSOURI PHOTO WORKSHOP).