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Collected Item: “Happy Birthday Mom, Goodbye Grandma”

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Happy Birthday Mom, Goodbye Grandma

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Text story

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It was just the turn of midnight and I called my mother to wish her happy birthday, but to my surprise the phone was picked up to deafening cries and the hurt can be sensed through the phone, something has happened. What could it be? Well it turned out to be the worst thing anyone wants on their birthday which is the death of their parents. My mom and I were supposed to go to Poland to see my grandma but now she has passed on my mothers birthday, there is no reason to go anymore as we must quarantine for two weeks. Just like that no goodbye, no funeral, no nothing we didn't even get to say a last I love you. Goodbye Grandma.

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#DEATH
#BIRTHDAY
#GRANDMA
#MOM

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Mateusz Bajek

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2020-10-09
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