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2021-03-05 21:26:52"Why can't you be moon...So that I could gaze at you without thinking its sin"
Ok that stupid pain of rejection again bloomed in my heart when today my grandmother called in.
She is something very important in my life.After my mother death,she stood for me and my brother when others don't care.
She loved us,cared for us.Her eyes showing remorse,pain and affection towards us.She was tough as stone but melted for us.I really love her.She means a lot to me.
She called for asking about how I'm doing.She used to say:
"My son is big idiot.If he ever hurt you call me.I will bang some sense into his brain through my cane"She has that cane with her which she uses for multifunctions like switching off the button of tv, grabbing the little chair towards herself so that she could lay her one leg on it.
As her one leg is swollen, due to cellulitis affecting it 2 years ago.
For also kicking my cousins or his grand childrens when they are doing somethi
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