Coming home:

• I have been gone for 5 days, so this morning was the first morning that the boys have seen me since Friday. I come downstairs to see Q watching TV.
• Q: Mom, I need you to get me...
• Realization dawns
• Q (standing up for a hug): I missed you.
• My heart soared just a bit. So I hugged him and said,
• Me: I missed you too.
• He then asked for a cup of milk put on his clothes. The moment had passed. But I had it.