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Ancestry
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When I opened the box, I had to remove myself from whose handwriting it was that I was reading and whose story I was hearing. I had to, or I never would have made it past the first letter. If I stopped to think about my Grandpa writing to my Grandma, knowing how much he loved her and how many years he spent without her after her death, I knew I wouldn’t be able to make it through just one letter without an onslaught of tears. And it was Grandpa, a voice I knew so well. One that I miss terribly.
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― My Very Dearest Anna
― My Very Dearest Anna
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Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.
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― Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
― Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
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