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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 09:55 PM
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Three weeks from today, my son will be home.
He's twenty-five now, and I hope a little wiser.

Sleeping in his bed, in his room, with no fences keeping him in.



I want him to be careful out there



He's been gone for more than five years.

Come Home - Mavis Staples

I feel like a ski jumper getting ready to go. Or maybe a parachutist, letting go of the strut.

:scared:




I'll tell him: Ask your mom for fifty cents

                       
                             

                       
                             







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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:21 PM
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1. My dear Ptah...
I hope he will have some sort of support system (besides you, of course!) to help him adjust...

It's a huge change...

Good vibes to all of you, sweetie...

:hug:

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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:25 PM
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3. Besides me he has a mother, three sisters, two brothers,
three aunts, three uncles, one grandmother, one grandfather, five cousins
pulling for him.

Thanks, neighbor :hug: :hug:

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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:22 PM
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2. He's lucky he has a family waiting for him.
:hug:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:26 PM
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4. And we're lucky to have him
:hug:

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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 10:57 PM
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5. Oh Ptah...how happy I am to hear the day you've been waiting for is
finally almost upon us. Whenever I see those pictures it breaks my heart...because they are always our babies. May his homecoming be sweet, and may there only be much joy, and no more pain, in your futures.
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:08 PM
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7. Thank you
:hug:

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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:02 PM
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6. This is indeed good news.
I wish him, you, and your entire family the best. :hug:
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:26 PM
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8. Counting down ... with you
:hug:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:29 PM
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9. What's on the other side?


Thanks

:hug:

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vard28 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-18-09 11:33 PM
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10. Normally we don't like to wish time away
but in this case, I hope it passes quickly for you! :hi:
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