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This is my last night in my home for a while. I really do not know when I will sleep in my own bed again, the one that I shared with my brother - the one that belonged to my grandfather. But I am at peace. I have a home again and it will be here when I return. The next two generations are already connected to this place.

It has become the ancestral hearth - haven to all of our family and to many of our friends. I am so grateful to my sister Gwendolyn - not only because she allowed me to disrupt her solitude this spring. Like me she really needs her solitude but she set that aside for me. I am also grateful that she chose to retire back her and to restore our house to a home; to preserve it for the rest of us. She has our father's passion for gardening and it shows in the flowers and roses that fill our yard with beauty.

I will be back here. It is home.