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Friday, April 2, 2010

What a Difference a Year Makes

April 2, 2009: Packing for our first family trip to Disney World.

April 2, 2010: Packing for our final goodbye.

Parents pack up their children’s belongings for sleepovers, vacations, camp, and college. These are milestone events that remind us to look forward when we are immersed in the demands of everyday. They give us respite, wonder and pride. They become the laughter that we share around the Thanksgiving table.

Our children are two and five, what can we possibly pack that will let them remember? What can we possibly pack that will protect them as we would have protected them or that will encourage them as we would have encouraged? What can we possibly…

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