I realized yesterday when driving to my fathers home from the beach to celebrate his birthday, this would be my first intimate family gathering without my grandmother. I drove passed her quiet empty house, manicured with green Ivy & pachysandra and by my mother as the curtains remain open back formal dresses open with a beautiful white orchid dancing in the window. Usually, she’d be there waving as we’d be pulling in for family celebrations. Or maybe just because I wanted to see her.
For all those re...
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