Moments like this:

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Moments like this.

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With family.

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Laughing.

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Smiling.

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Chatting shit.

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Going at each other.

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Enjoying each other’s company.

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Learning.

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Listening.

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Talking.

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Being curious.

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Understanding.

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These are the moments.

The ones you remember.

The times that matter.

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The memories that’ll stick.

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No one remembers the time they went to bed.

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Or went to sleep at a reasonable time.

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Or packed a night early.

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No one.

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Those days are infinite.

We have those all the time.

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Right?

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Life feels mundane.

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The same.

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Similar from one day to the next.

Right?

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Wrong.

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Every day is a new day.

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Being present.

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Being with who’s in front of you.

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You don’t get those moments often.

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Speaking uninhibited with no judgment around you.

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Living your life being free to speak your mind.

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Especially with family that lives abroad.

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Family that lives across countries. 

Across time zones.

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Across continents.

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Those moments are fleeting.

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Few and far between.

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Enjoy them.

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Be there for them.

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Show up.

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Have fun.

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Be present.

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Talk to people.

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Learn about them and their life.

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You’re bound to them whether you want to accept it or not.

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Family is forever.

You don’t choose them.

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Yet they’ll always be there.

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Accept them or leave them.

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They can destroy you.

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And they can build you.

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They can push you.

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They can energize you.

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They are the reason you’re here.

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They are you.

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Whether you like it or not.

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Some of us got lucky.

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Others not so much.

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No matter what - appreciate it.

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Understand it.

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Learn it.

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You don’t choose this life.

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You don’t choose these moments.

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You don’t choose this family.

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It happens.

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Yet here you are.

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With people you’ll see a few times in your life.

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All you want is…

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Moments like this.

Enjoy them.

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