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the last turn home
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the last turn home

As we rounded the corner onto our street, the anticipation I'd felt for the last ten days couldn't be contained one second longer.  In our driveway, I left everything in the car and ran through the snow to the front door, flinging it open.

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homesick at home
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homesick at home

I once read that you start saying goodbye to your child the moment you give birth.

Trusting another to watch them for an hour, their first crawl and first steps, the beginning of pre-school, start of kindergarten, first time sleeping away from home—on and on the goodbyes go.

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