Open Eyes And Arms
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Complete Tue, Jul 26, 2016<5 mins
As I grew older things that had happened all my life came into focus. I had witnessed grief and experienced sadness but had no understood it. Currently at this point in time I am 15 years old about to enter my sophomore year In highscool in less than a week. My grandfather recently died and only now at this point in time have I experienced what it someone dieing was like.
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