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A birthday, a hospital visit, a Facebook notification from a dead relative.

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Emily Sundberg
Jul 06, 2020
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On Friday, I got a notification from Facebook that it was my grandaddy’s birthday. He died three months ago from Covid. The blue pop-up banner from Facebook made me feel sick. Last summer on his birthday, our entire family had dinner on the beach, and he continuously told us how proud he was of his beautiful life and beautiful family while blowing out c…

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