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By Yours_Truly_120 BRONZE
Fort Payne, Alabama
The grand oak tree stood behind me. I sat at the base of the thick trunk with the bark pressed gently into my back. This tree was a marker of my mother. She died when I was young...
Fort Payne, Alabama
The grand oak tree stood behind me. I sat at the base of the thick trunk with the bark pressed gently into my back. This tree was a marker of my mother. She died when I was young...
