Lion's Roar

FEEL THE LOVE INSIDE YOU

Y MOTHER LOVED She wore purple, and we had purple rugs and purple flowers on our drapes. Remembering this brings a smile to my face and warmth to my heart, as I recall the warm, loving, vibrant person she was. When I was ten years old, she died of cancer. The oasis of purple love and warmth in which she held me simply vanished, and I felt like I became the sole inhabitant of a barren, frozen tundra of disconnection and loneliness.

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