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

how to handle it. That was my failure, not yours.”

Tears spilled down my face.

“I thought you’d forgotten us.”

“Never.”

He pulled me into his arms, and something inside me finally gave way. I cried the way I had not allowed myself to cry since the funeral.

“I’m so proud of you,” he whispered. “Your mother would have been the loudest person here, and your continue reading …