A Silent Advice

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A Silent Advice Smell of strong burning incense filled the room. I choked as the smell grew stronger. “Gosh it must be grandma again”, I thought to myself. As the smell grew unbearable, I left the computer room to get some fresh air outside in the balcony. It has been like this for the past few years now ever since my grandma moved in with me. Although sometimes I feel that it is a hassle to look after her but it was a promise that I made to my parents. A promise to look after my grandma after my parents passed on. My family is a very small family. Grandpa and grandma have only two children, my father and his elder brother. When my grandpa passed on, it was my uncle who took care of my grandma. But tragedy stroked and my uncle was left paralyzed from neck down. He was incapable of caring for my ailing grandma. My father volunteered for the task for caring for my grandma. And that’s how my family and I got to know more about the golden goose of the family. At first sight, people can tell that she is a very loving and caring lady. She is not the one who will continually nag and complain. Even my mom thought she was very fortunate to have such a wonderful mother-in-law and not a monster-in-law. When I was a kid, I like to always be by her. We sort of became the best of buddies. Sharing secrets together and having a laugh together. I was the one to keep her company when mom and dad go to work. She used to tell me stories about her past. Her childhood life, adolescent years and her life married to my grandpa. I know all there is to know about my grandma. Through her stories I got to know more about my grandpa, my uncle and my father. How grandpa was as a person (I did not had the opportunity to meet him), how was life during the Japanese invasion and etc. My grandma was inseparable from me. However things change. After I hit adolescent, I changed. My friends
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