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2021-04-17 07:45:33~Heath’s Point of View~
I had never been extremely close with my dad, he worked very long days and nights when I was little, basically busting it to make his cattle ranch profitable, to make it his dream.
I was close with my mom and my siblings but since joining the army and traveling the world ... then coming to work for Derek that all kind of fizzled out.
I did always regret not being around more, in the last few years I’d gone home once a year, but by the end of a week I was ready to leave. We'd all always pick up where we last left off, and get along but after a few days we usually had enough.
Montana was never going to be for me and I was on edge wondering now if my mom would ask me to move home.
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