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One hour at a time....

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We are supposed to be flying out to Santiago Chile right now, to join Solvei. This week has been on my mind for months. I have punched July 16 into my Google Flights search bar multiple times a week since January. We were so excited to see where  Solvei spent her semester, meet her host family and then visit our dear friends in Carlos Paz, Argentina where I lived for a summer 26 years ago. Kevin and I had been talking about and saving for this next adventure since last July. But instead, she is saying goodbye to her friends and wrapping up her chapter in Chile. We are so excited to have her home next week. We all wish we were together, the six of us, off on a new adventure in South America.  He's been gone 42 days. I don't even know where to start. You are probably thinking, "I bet it is so hard". Well, you are right. Every minute of every day is so hard. That doesn't mean that we don't have moments of joy. That doesn't mean that we are always in tears. It...