Everything Will Be Just Fine

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Mama me…

Was like a kid at Christmas…eager…excited…ridiculously giddy because someone was on their way…

This someone being those travelers of hers…taking a detour…adding several hours to the drive…just to say good-bye…

Got a pit in the stomach…tears in the eyes as that U-haul rounded the corner…and then…it was just like Christmas morning…

Chatted…laughed…ate breakfast…Lennie the grandcat making herself at home…and then…just like Christmas…it was over way too soon…

And one of us knew…this was just what she needed…the U-haul driver so grown up…in control…his passengers excited…in trusted hands…

And this is the gift they left behind…the gift of assurance…the gift of peace…the gift of relief…that daughter of mine is on her way…and everything is going to be just fine…
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And that husband of mine…agrees…