AFTER WALKING for a few minutes I came to a stop at the side of the river. A couple of baby ducks floated into view, followed a short distance off by their mother. Something about the ducklings finally unlocked the floodgates of tears I’d been trying very hard to hold back. I sat on the edge of the river bank and balled my eyes out. It had been a long t…
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