It's been overwhelming at times, but I thank God every day that my son is getting to know his grandfather, and that my mom has been here with me to teach me how to be a better mom.

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But the fact is that standing in the field where my grandfather died doesn't make the pain of loss my mother has carried all her life any more meaningful.

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But I looked down at this song and I thought, this is my grandfather's letter to my grandmother, just letting her know that it's OK to let go and that he's waiting for her.

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And until my grandmother passed away at 12, that is when my mother came back, came to get me because I had nothing but my grandfather there in the house and my mother wanted me to be with her.

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