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My father moved out a week later. I hugged him at our front door and couldn't bear to watch him leave with so much luggage.

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My father moved out a week later. I hugged him at our front door and couldn't bear to watch him leave with so much luggage.

Tags: adulthood, childhood, father, loneliness

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