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She left that night. But I still feel her—in the steam of a hot bath, in the mist off a lake at dawn, in the sudden rain that comes when you least expect it. Grandma, you’re wet. And I’m finally learning to be, too.

She was wet the day she taught me to plant marigolds—kneeling in mud after a spring storm, seeds pinched between her thumb and a lifetime of calluses. She was wet the day my father left—standing in the driveway with no umbrella, rain melting her hair into gray vines, watching his taillights blur into the distance. She never went inside until the last red dot vanished. “Grandma, you’re wet,” I whispered from the porch. “I know,” she said. “Let it be.” My Grandmother -Grandma- you-re wet- -Final- By...

I didn’t understand then. I understand now. She left that night