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Lost and Found words Liesel Schmidt image hxdyl/Shutterstock
There are ghosts that haunt you, walking the late hours of the night to remind you of lost things. And there are ghosts who walk out of the mist to lead you away from your own darkness, becoming flesh and bone to hold you and make your broken heart whole. “Please secure your tray table and return your seat to its upright position, sir.” Grace said the words and could only wonder if she sounded as tired as she felt. She’d been on three short back-to-back flights already, and she still had one more to go until she could finally put her feet up and relax for a couple of days. As much as she loved her job, loved the travel, and the opportunity to meet interesting people, it got to her sometimes. Mostly it was the long hours, but sometimes it was feeling as though she was rootless. She lived out of a suitcase, and her apartment was like a landing pad that she only visited.
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