Aug 20, 2021

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When My Grandma Died The Earth Shed Snowflake Tears

It was the twenty-sixth day of December and blizzard-like.

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“A peaceful death is the greatest gift that life can give us.”
—Saim A. Cheeda

I can still remember feeling my grandma’s beautiful warm skin turn cold as she drains of color…

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When My Grandma Died The Earth Shed Snowflake Tears

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