A quote: “Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they’re gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that’s a joy.” ~~ Liam Neeson

I’ll start with a story …

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Nov 1st, dawn. She shrugged on a robe, headed downstairs. She paused at the bottom step and …

She expected to see candy wrappers, costumes strewn across the family room, the jack-o-lanterns from the front porch dragged in least they end up smashed in the street by teens out to take the “trick” part of the trick-or-treat to the next level.

… But the family room was as she left it, with pillows fluffed, coffee table dust-free.

She had expected to feel annoyed with the kids … now grown and gone. Now she yearned for just one more candy wrapper.

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Now, it’s your turn.
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