“I don’t know how much copper, silver, and gold she had saved for me,” Alanah continued. “We lived very frugally my whole life, and even though it was hard for her to find work, I know that she never spent everything she made. I also saw her putting some copper away once. For decades, I have been thinking about these things,” Alanah explained. “If we would have left sooner, if my birthday had been earlier, if she would have gotten a few more jobs…all the ‘ifs’ that I’ll never know. It’s useless thinking about them, but I can’t help myself.” “It’s only natural,” Derek said. “We all have those
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