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"My four\u2013year\u2013old grandson Nate handed me a crumpled-up note. It was to him, from Zach, his six year-old brother. They knew I was staying longer this visit. Nine sleepovers, in fact. Dear Nate, Zach wrote. Please tell Memaw to have fun!!! They knew it was my first trip since their great-grandmother died. They acknowledged it in their own ways. Zach informed me. Wede died, he told me. She did, I said. And then we played. Nate stood across the yard from me. You&amp;#039;re Wede, he said. You&amp;#039;re Wede, he repeated. I did not dispute him. Part of me is Wede. I am her representative. His mother, my daughter, is her spokesperson. My grandsons will always know Wede. I just smiled at dear Nate and we played. D.G. Fulford is the author of Designated Daughter: The Bonus Years with Mom, written with her mother Phyllis Greene. She is also the co-founder of TheRememberingSite.org. You can find her at DGFulford.com. Photo credit: Marcia Smilack "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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