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Family Secrets

June 16, 2015 3 Comments

Family Secrets

By Cynthia Frazier Buck

I’m sitting in my dead grandmother’s closet. It’s been almost a month and I still haven’t cleaned out her place.

I haven’t even started and I’m already emotionally drained. A shoebox in the corner catches my eye. Hoping for a killer pair of vintage shoes, I grab the box and lift the lid. It’s filled with old family photos.

The photo on top is of two women who look a lot like my grandmother…and me.

On the back in faded ink are the names Elizabeth and Stella. Grams never mentioned them. She’d always told me everything. Or so I thought.

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  1. Pamela says

    June 16, 2015 at 9:29 am

    Great… Tell me more!!!

    Reply
  2. Tony Press says

    June 16, 2015 at 2:13 pm

    Oh, the things that stay hidden in closets … . Good one.

    Reply
  3. mcdalton76 says

    June 16, 2015 at 4:34 pm

    Love it, more please!

    Reply

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