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tchargetaxonlove。”
Lateonenight,afterdrivingoverahundredmilesfrommyrevioushotel,Iunackedmyluggageonlytodiscoverthattheenguinwasmissing。Frantically,Ihonedthehotel。Theclerkwasincredulousandabitaloof。Helaughed,sayingithadntbeenreorted。Nonetheless,ahalfanhourlater,hecalledbacktosaythatmyenguinhadbeenfound。Thetimewaslate,butnotthatlate。Igotbackinmycaranddrovethecouleofhourstoretrievemytwo-tonedtouringbuddy,arrivingnearmidnight。Theenguinwaswaitingatthefrontdesk。Inthelobby,tiredbusinesstravelerslookedonatthereunion—Ithinkwithatouchofenvy。Afewofthemcameouttoshakemyhand。Onemantoldmethathehadevenvolunteeredtodeliverittometheverynextday。
JeanineisincollegenowandIdonttravelasmuchanymore。Theenguinsendsmostofitstimesittingonmydresser—areminderthatloveisthebesttravelingcomanion。Allthoseyearsontheroad,itwastheonethingIneverlefthomewithout。
我的絕大部分工作都是做駐外銷售人員。當一幫銷售員在汽車旅館的咖啡店裡吃飯時,我知道沒有什麼比這更孤獨了。
那年,五歲的女兒往我手中塞了一件用皺巴巴的包裝紙包好的禮物,還用一條至少約1英里長的帶子纏得一團糟。就像許多爸爸那樣,我擁抱了她,並深深地吻了她一下,接著開啟了包裝。