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I will not name names. But this was a Facebook post written by a dad I know who drove his oldest child–his son, who happens to be my grandson–to college a few days ago and managed to keep those lump-in-throat emotions in check–for a while:

And for those who are asking the obvious question, by some miracle I did not cry. (No one will believe that.)

At least not until I got home and found a letter from him on the kitchen table. Then it was full-on runny nose blubbering.

He will be so happy there and I will still miss him so much.

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