I Thought I’d Face Graduation Alone After Losing Both My Parents-Then Someone Suddenly Covered My Eyes

her pocket.

“Your mother wore this at her graduation.”

Inside was a tiny photograph of my parents taken before I was born. My father was laughing at something beyond the frame. My mother was looking at him instead of the camera.

“I thought you might want them close,” Nana said.

She fastened the chain around my neck and rested her palm over my heart.

“Now continue reading …