Tag: family
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The Tie
I grew up in the church. A little brown one in a vale, actually (iykyk). The family church was originally a little white wooden building that was pieced together by my grandfather and his siblings and cousins and elders. Now it’s a brown brick building surrounded by pine trees. The community has remained tightly knit…
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Lighthouses
On April 29th my family lost our patriarch – my Grandad. He was 90 years old and a month before he died he got to attend my little brother’s wedding. He was still mowing his own grass and driving himself pretty much anywhere he wanted to go and maintaining his independence like he was 60,…
