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Moving away from home is both a good and a sad thing. It is every child’s and every parent’s goal to finally achieve   　31　but it is sad when it happens.

One Sunday in August, my son and I worked to   　32　his car for a journey. He would move across the country after twenty years of   　33　under my roof. We started early,  　34　our work went slowly into the afternoon.

  　35　I was carefully packing the car, the Sunday baseball game came on. Our hometown Cardinals were playing the Atlanta Braves. 　36　unhappy thoughts about his departure, I completely forgot about the game. Just then, my son called, “Dad, come on in. Let’s  　37　the rest of the game.” Looking at his red-colored eyes, I  　38　realized that he, too, found this to be a 　39　passage of time and that he, too, wanted to   　40　one last father-son moment. I led the way to the TV set without  　41　.

There,  　42　we found the Cardinals losing 3—1. “How come they won the champion last season.” He whispered with doubt. “That’s fine,” I 　43　, wanting so much to keep this last moment before he left. “Let’s watch anyway.”

Then came a  　44　. The Cardinals took the lead. In that one moment we were  　45　, excitedly jumping up and down and experiencing a joy that I could  　46　imagine happening on that bittersweet afternoon. The 　47　of that day was replaced by enjoying an exciting baseball game. It was a wonderful feeling that made the day, the trip, our life, seem so  　48　And then he left.

I believe in  　49　moments that happen when I least expect them. Such moments appear and then disappear, just like my son as he drove off that afternoon to start a new  　50　in his life.

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