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Studying Grandma

Her skin was baby soft. Almost transparent. Blue veins smiled. Gossamer layers of freckles. Her face watched me studying her hands. I felt like I had been caught smoking. You have beautiful hands, I said. And she did have, Hands that reflected Integrity and truth, Helpfulness and happiness, Baby soft old woman hands.

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Date: 8/27/2019 4:16:00 PM
Hands like the face, tell many stories.
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 8/28/2019 7:37:00 AM
I look at my hands now and smile, remembering my grandmother who passed when I was twelve, fifty-five years ago.

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