I’m thinking to myself: ‘She’s grown up. She’s a woman, and Nampeshiweisit, and nothing is the same anymore.’ But then you ran and hugged me.” “Father…” “And it was like every time you’ve met me on the pier since you were old enough to walk. Even last year, when I came home to less family than I was expecting. Do you remember what you said to me then?” “I said that I’d always be here waiting for you,” I said,