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This is so tender, so wholesome.

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It an honor to be seen by you my friend.

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This is beautiful. Thank you for inviting us to spend time with your Mother Grand. Lovely, lovely, lovely❤️

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It’s an honor to share her with yall. She’s really the sweetest funniest lady.

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Jun 22Liked by Bethany Nicole

I will read this many times. It’s universal and yet fantastically specific! Nothing else matters while I’m experiencing feelings as brimming over as this.

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Alan this means the world to me. This piece is really special to my heart. And to hear that it resonates with you is so special to me. Truly.

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❤️ x 1000! 🥹

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Jun 21Liked by Bethany Nicole

I'm crying 🥹 because I'm chopping onions 🧅 for the Eggplant Parmesan 🍆 I'm making for dinner tonight. Not because of this beautiful piece by @Bethany Nicole. Nope. 😭

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this is so ironic, because il too, was chopping onions as i wrote it!

Thanks so much for reading, my friend. this one is really special to me.

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Jun 21Liked by Bethany Nicole

🫶

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Bethany I love your narration! Your story has me thinking about my 88 y/o grandmother. To me, she is Bigma. The only grandmother that I know. She takes care of all of her kids and grandkids as best as she could. I smile at the memories of hopping from bus to bus and the train all across St. Louis. She wanted to go everywhere and even though I was tired, I didn't tire of of our days together. In the last few years she shared her story with me. Born in Memphis and raising her family from Little Rock to St. Louis. I laughed when she told me that she shot at my grandfather for messing with a bitch named Peaches 😭. This woman is the glue and I'm grateful for everything she's done for me.

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Why do these cute lil grannies always have a story about shooting at somebody ?!? Lmao. She sounds like a trip.

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Right! She's a sweet as her sweet potato pie but this woman, and my father's mother, really about that life. Then here comes me with my weapns charge! 😭😭😂😂

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