Grace has been trying to show you the only way she knows how. By loving you through this. She’s a bit like Grandad. She doesn’t see your anger and pain as an obstacle that can’t be overcome, any more than he saw our parents’ prejudice as something we had to accept. You have your feet on the ground and you’re staring at the trunk of the tree. But she’s soaring above it. You’re both looking at the same thing, but she sees a side of it that you don’t. So maybe you need to look at it through her eyes.” “Gram, I don’t know if I know how.” “Sure you do. Imagine what life would be like if your love
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