I had been counting the days for four months, measuring time in heartbeats and miles. I was an ordinary man with one clear, shining reason to get through each morning: the thought of walking back through my front door and holding my newborn daughters for the very first time. My mother had sent me their photograph the week before, and I had looked at it more times than I could count. It remained folded in the breast pocket of my uniform for the entire flight home, handled so often that the crease had gone soft and fuzzy at the edges.... Continues…
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