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should focus on what’s ahead, Emma,” she told me once, folding my laundry. “Not what’s gone.”
I Sewed a Dress From My Dad’s Shirts for Prom in His Honor – My Classmates Laughed Until the Principal Took the Mic and the Room Fell Silent
I kept Mom’s scarf box tucked away, hidden behind winter sweaters. Valerie never saw it.
It was mine, the last bit of warmth I had left from before everything changed.
