Summer: The Expat Season of Goodbye

Yesterday I fell into step with a friend as we walked to pick up our kids from school. I smiled and asked her, “Doesn’t it feel like summer out today?”

She smiled back, but it immediately faded. “I need to tell you goodbye,” she said. “We are leaving tomorrow.”

Stop. What? It’s still several weeks before the end of the school year.

“For vacation?” I ventured.

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