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Exactly 24 hours after I left 10 Village Drive in Somers Point, the airport shuttle dropped me off at 2221 Ocean Drive in Santa Monica. Couldn't I have made it to Mumbai by then? Or Tanzania? or Australia? 

But 24 hours or no, it's so sweet to be home. My beloved Finn--my gorgeous, blue-eyed cat Finlay--gave me the welcome I'd been longing for as I got closer to California. The longest cuddle.  

I can't remember ever being away this long before, not even a few years ago when I went to Europe.

The ocean and sky here are perfection today.

Grateful.