Natalia L.
@StoriesInLA · 4:40
Lesson learned, Part 1...
Sit here and cry? All I can do is laugh. You should too. That was one of our last conversations. In the summer of 2016, she passed away. Her heart stopped beating, and I felt minded, too, for she wasn't just my grandma, but had also raised me and was my best friend. And I'd spent the last year and a half by her side getting an unofficial hospital tour of Chicago due to her congestive heart failure
Natalia L.
@StoriesInLA · 2:57
I'd started to cry, my tears mixing with the snow and freezing on my cheeks. A few moments later, I looked up and saw my grandma's worried face. Nat, is that you? I'm not always going to be around, you know. So you'll have to learn to be brave and stand up for yourself, she'd said, offering me her hand
