Over the next few days, my family prepared for my grandmother’s funeral. At the church, as people filled the pews, I felt no need to be there. Only a few days earlier, I had experienced the most profound closure for which a person could ask. Though I didn’t fully understand what my experience meant, I never questioned how real it was. Throughout the service, I observed people whom I didn’t know speaking about my grandmother in heartfelt eulogies. As I watched each person go to the stage, I understood how my best friend, advocate, and the human being I was closest to had changed the lives of
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