When Lydia saw the paper link chain that I had made with Caleb and put up on the frig, she said:
I remember when we did a paper chain to countdown to Disney World. That paper chain was happier.
It was.
There are 10 people who are about to go through a big transition here next week, and it’s actually already started. The goodbyes have already begun as we go start our last times for everything. There’s sort of a pervasive lump in my throat, and I feel like the bright and cheery polka dots on our countdown paper chain are mocking me.
I know that paper chain is going to get shorter and shorter until all that is left is a patriotic picture of China that Caleb is excited to take home with him and a lot of tears.
