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

A small flag rested in one hand and a crushed tissue in the other. A gel cushion supported her knees, and her cane lay across her lap.

“Nana?”

She raised the flag. “There’s our graduate!”

I ran to her, dropped to my knees, and buried my face in her lap.

“You came.”

“I couldn’t walk,” she said, stroking my hair. “Nobody said I couldn’t ride.”

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