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My granddaughter Olivia is fifteen. When she was eight, her life shattered. Her mother—my son Scott’s first wife—died of aggressive cancer. The kind that doesn’t give families time to adjust, or children time to grasp what’s happening. One moment you’re planning dinner together, and the next, you’re making funeral arrangements.
Olivia never truly recovered. She didn’t lash out or rebel. She simply… shrank. She became quieter, more observant. Grief settled on her shoulders like a weight she carried every day. Her childhood was cut short.
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