I almost buried my grandmother without keeping the promise she had made me repeat for years.
If I had, my mother might have carried someone else’s shame for the rest of her life.
I was about fifteen the first time I understood that Grandma Nancy’s faded brown handbag was more than an old purse sitting on the top shelf of her closet.
We were crowded into her bedroom, laughing about something I can no longer remember, when Uncle Robert stretched onto his toes and reached for it.
“Come on, Ma,” he teased. “What’s the big secret?”
Grandma moved faster than anyone expected.
Her hand cracked across his wrist before he touched the strap.
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