My grandfather (my mothers father) passed away today ، May Allah have mercy on them both. Wanted to share this as a reminder for myself and whoever reads this , we’re all racing towards an end . It was a really long time since I talked with my grandfather, in fact I don’t even remember it. After my mothers death , I kind of couldn’t face my mothers family because I saw her in all of them .and I feel like I let them down because I couldn’t take care of her. And now the father who she loved dearly and looked upto has joined her. Alhamdulilah . A part of me feels ease that my mother did not have to experience the loss of her parent but the other part of me aches that the only time I

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