with him everyday. When the dark was creeping, he lied beside me on the bed, holding a cattail leaf fan, fanning and telling me stories about himself and my grandmother from the past. “You know when I first met her, she was wearing a military uniform…” He told me the story from the first time they met, speaking of the way they joined the army together, and then they got married and had four kids. When I listened to his stories, my thoughts went back to eight years before, with his deep voice…
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