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The sadness of immigrating to the US as a kid

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"The child is the father of the man"  ~ William Wordsworth

 

That kid at eleven before his first kiss is the kid that I really, really miss. Every kid thereafter was more tears than laughter, molding the world-weary cynic that this old man now is.

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