It is always hard to accept the fleeting movement of time. We mark our lives by taking note of life events, major moves, births and deaths.  These events shake us and cause us to stand up and take notice the passage of time.  The kids are the quintessential time marker for parents - when they are young, we see them every day, but don't have the perspective to actually see them doing the growing.  Suddenly, at a birthday or school graduation, it dawns on us that the young adults are no longer ...
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