A Moment To Remember

The white door in the garage, which led inside the house to the basement, unfastened and swung open, revealing a tall slender man. Melanie shrieked, not with fear but with excitement. She ran up to the man and threw her fragile arms around him. The man returned the embrace gracefully. They embraced each other for a few seconds before releasing one another. Then the man stepped back to get a better look at his grand-daughter. "Oh my. Look at you, you've grown so tall and beautiful just like your mother," he uttered.

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Melanie, a young energetic girl, who's birthday is just around the corner. Her grandfather is coming over to celebrate her 11th birthday, he's amazed at how fast she's flipping pages through her life. Soon enough she'll be getting married and having children of her own. Then he'll become a great-grandfather. He'll have another one of his blood added to the family. But just as things were getting started, it was time for someone to leave.