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Hey!

 One afternoon, we were traveling back home.  Home is Aiken, South Carolina, where my wife and I grew up.  We are both from small towns outside of the city we still call home, 26 years later.  On this afternoon we had our young daughter in the back in her car seat.  One of us sees a sign "Hay for sale" and begins to break the silence with "HEY...HEY...HEY!" and a pause to end with "Hay for sale." Now that we have other life distractions and at times get lost in our own thoughts, we still have a daughter that will break the silence after visiting sick and aging family over this holiday long weekend by announcing Hay for sale. At times in your life you will not  be able to feel happy.  Times will seem overwhelming.  But when you have a moment, make a moment that might last a lifetime.  That first moment was about a dozen years ago.  She is  now 17 and it was a breath of fresh air to get away from my current thoughts of life, work and making decisions on wher