The agony of relief (Drive Day 54 minus 14 years)
The thing about a road trip is that you can’t stop driving. Not even when you’re paralyzed with self-doubt. Did I do the right thing? Could she have made it another country or two? I will have to live without those answers and be grateful for the time we traveled together.

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