Four years after losing my dad, I thought I had learned how to live with the grief\u2014until one day in a grocery store, I saw a man who looked so much like him that I froze. He had the same height, posture, and hands, and even though I knew it couldn\u2019t be my father, my heart didn\u2019t understand. Then the stranger approached me and quietly said, \u201cYou look exactly like my daughter who passed away four years ago.\u201d We stood there in silence, two strangers connected by the same kind of loss, until he squeezed my hand and told me that his daughter had my eyes and was the kindest person he\u2019d ever known. Then he walked away. I never learned his name, but his words have stayed with me ever since. READ MORE BELOW <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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