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Some years ago, back home in Baltimore for the holidays, I caught up with an old friend. Bill had a dilemma at the time. “This gets complicated, this live-overseas lifestyle,” he told me. “We’ve been living abroad for the better part of two decades. Now the children are all grown, and they’re choosing to settle Stateside. “As I get older, I realize that what matters most to me is being near…