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It was sad to say goodbye to all the kids. I knew they were going to miss us and I was going to miss them. After everything that had happened to them, and to us, we had missed out on a lot of time with them.
When Artem and I went to San Francisco for the day it hadn't been as bad because I knew we were coming back the same day but now we were going away for several days. And this was not just the first time we were leaving them like this, it was the first time that I was truly traveling. A day trip to a big city had been hard enough on me but now I was going away to places that I didn't know at all.
When Artem and I flew out the other day I think I almost had a heart attack. I was about to hyperventilate and my heart was pounding so hard. If he hadn't been sitting right there next to me to hold my hand and talk me through it I think I would have passed out at the very least.
