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We miss the distribution of broth that night but make it back in time for the evening session. We find we're hungry for more Katie, and she doesn't disappoint. Cue the Kleenex!
The next morning, the last day of 2008, we gratefully breakfast at Starbucks and wish each other a happy new year as Anneliese climbs onto the airport shuttle.
"I have so many bags!" she gripes.
"But you have less baggage than you did when you arrived!" I reply, groaning before the words are even out of my mouth. Anneliese gives me a final hug and is gone.
I have a few hours before my flight back home, so I duck into Katie's morning session. I try not to think about when I'm going to see my best friend next. I yearn to travel with her again, and yet it's clear that planting ourselves in an airport hotel for three days has been among our most meaningful journeys yet.
I think of something Katie told a woman who was bemoaning the fact that she lived her life in a constant state of anticipation, unable to enjoy the present because she was always trying to figure out what the future held.
"I don't know what's next, but I look forward to it, because there's no other choice," Katie told her.
How true.
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