Tzipporah's goodbye to her family was hard, for she did not know if she would see her father and sisters again. But for their sake—and for Moses'—she willed herself to be strong, to not cry before them. Teras would only make their farewell even harder to bear. Even facing away from them as she and Moses departed by camel, she refused to weep. A long while passed before she chanced a glance back over her shoulder to see her family had long disappeared out of sight.
Now she buried her face into Moses' shoulder, allowing tears to fall.