There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water - it has a memory of what it once filled, always trying to get back to the original stream. (Colum McCann)

There are moments we return to, now and always. Family is like water - it has a memory of what it once filled, always trying to get back to the original stream.

Colum McCann

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