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By Jailynn Taylor ·Updated September 5, 2025 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
May 26, 2025, marks my great-grandmother’s second heavenly birthday. As I sift through family photos with my mom, the memories and emotions start to flood in. While other kids spent their summers at home or at summer camps, I was at Mother’s house. Going to church in itchy stockings and poofy dresses, praying she’d let me take communion,
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