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[nillamilkshake]

I was talking to my granddaughter, Lillian, when they were here last weekend and she asked about my neighbor, Tom.  I told her he was still sick and she was very concerned because he was ill for so long. The next day I gave her some sunflower seeds that came from a plant that grew wild in the back yard last summer and dried over the winter.  It

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[cerulean_me]

Aww! I think Lillian did know.

I read this to Gramma, Lillian points out that she gave Marcia 15 or 20 seeds. ;-)

[nillamilkshake]

What did gramma say? It may have ended up being 15 or 20 seeds but the number she started with was 10.

[cerulean_me]

Rose, Gramma and I all got teary. Gramma said it was sweet.

[corto]

hi... :)

~ this just gave my eyes a good cleaning out. :)

Lovely story... sad, but very lovely.

(ps. I'm a friend of little miss cerulean. :)

[beckerbuns]

Ohhhh. :/ Thank you for telling this story. It reminded me of the night we lost my dad. *sniff* This is so beautiful.

[nillamilkshake]

It was very hard on me when I lost my dad too, although that was long ago. How long ago did you lose your dad?

[beckerbuns]

We lost him in May 2000, though it seems like yesterday. He had stage IV of two kinds of cancer, and we knew we would be losing him, but it happened a lot sooner than we expected. :(

[nillamilkshake]

I am so sorry. It is especially hard when you think they will be with you longer than they are. Hugs.

Little Miss Sunshine

[buddyflies]

So Sweet ~ Hugs to you and Lillian and dear Marcia, too <3 Penne (popped over from C-me's LJ; what an adorable username!)