Re: Bucking a family get together.
It didn't bother me to turn prodigal. Younger brother stayed in Memphis with her after I joined the Navy. It's not like I 'never' went back, but the trips were short. The last couple years before she passed Mom was rather unpleasant, so I have some empathy.
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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.
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