August 8th

August 8th was Father’s Day in Taiwan. In my dad’s email, he mentioned that my grandfather had recently attended two of his close friends’ funeral. My grandfather is over 80 something years old. He appeared really depressed and told my father that all his close friends were dying one by one with age; he had less and less close friends as time passed. He had no one else to share his grief and chat with since my grandmother had a stroke and could no longer speak and process complicated thoughts. After reading his letter I felt a sudden rush of sadness.

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