Over the next week, I researched schools and applied to the best social work program in the state. Two days later, I was accepted.
That evening, I stepped onto the porch, looked up at the stars, and whispered the vow that had formed in my heart the moment I read his letter.
“I’m going, Grandpa. I’m going to save them all, just like you saved me. You were my hero right up until the end. You got me there. You truly did.”
The lie of scarcity was the greatest act of love I had ever known. And I promised myself I would live a life worthy of that sacrifice.
“You were my hero right up until the end.”
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