When I was 17, my family went on vacation to Canada while I stayed home for my summer job. They planned to return in seven days.<\/p>\n
On the seventh day, I received a postcard from my mother saying they were visiting friends in Vermont and would be home two days later.<\/p>\n
When they arrived, they apologized for not telling me about the delay.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut you did,\u201d I said. \u201cI got your postcard.\u201d<\/p>\n
My mother went pale. \u201cWe never sent one.\u201d<\/p>\n
I searched the stack of mail, but the postcard was gone. To this day, I wonder whether I dreamed it\u2014and how I knew exactly when they\u2019d return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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