The Hat That Held Summers
Eighty-two-year-old Margaret stood before her attic mirror, her grandfather's frayed fishing hat resting on her silver hair. The same hat her granddaughter Emma would wear tomorrow...
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Eighty-two-year-old Margaret stood before her attic mirror, her grandfather's frayed fishing hat resting on her silver hair. The same hat her granddaughter Emma would wear tomorrow...
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