My Brother Laughed When Grandpa Left Him Everything Valuable and Me Only His Homing Pigeons – Then 0ne Flew Home with Something Attached to Its Leg That Made Him G0 Pale/

« How do they know where to go? » I asked him once.

Grandpa smiled.

« Some creatures remember home better than people do. »

At eight years old, I thought he was talking about birds.

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As adults, Ryan and I became very different people.

Ryan stayed close geographically. He lived less than forty minutes from Grandpa.

I lived almost four hours away.

Still, I was the one who visited.