One is the Loneliest Number When it Comes to Family

My family of four dwindled down to one after mom’s passing — me.

Because she passed at home, the police needed to come. An officer commented, seeing a family photo, “You have a pretty family.”

And that’s when reality slapped me — can you be a family if there is only one?

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