Jessy e-mailed this photo tonight: seems like yesterday I was saying goodbye. Can’t wait for a hello.

He took this photo on my last day living in Austin, September of 2008. That’s John’s body in front of me, and Duncan’s tail, and Ryan’s truck in the background, and cupcakes Monika made. That was our front lawn. Our family was all together. See look.

I drove away an hour later, to a new life in Los Angeles. In a few weeks, I leave California, to a new life in New York.

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