Why We Shaved Our Heads on Our Wedding Day for His Grandmother

of her hands in mine, finding them warm but slightly trembling.

Before I could offer a reassuring word, she turned toward the full-length mirror near the door.

She stopped herself immediately, her fingers rising instinctively to the edge of her silk scarf.

Her hand hovered there for a long moment, though there was nothing left to adjust.

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