Last weekend my wife and I drove our daughter to a camp in up-state new york (Saranac) where she will be volunteering for the month.  Dropping her off was a bittersweet parental moment:  our daughter growing up… enough for a full month away from home—and in a relatively remote location (with a no cellphone policy! ouch!)  We knew she’d be homesick. She might even have a few moments of missing us as much as we miss her.  Plus--sadly--this is just the beginning.  She starts college this fall. 

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