Shortly before her de.ath, she called me into her room. We were alone. Her voice was barely audible \u2014 like a whisper:
\u2014 Remove my photo from the grave exactly one year after. Not sooner. Do you promise?
I tried to comfort her:
\u2014 Grandma, you still have many beautiful moments to live\u2026
She just smiled softly, closed her eyes, and whispered:
\u2014 Promise me\u2026
I looked at her, moved, and nodded. That night she passed away peacefully.
Twelve months later, I had almost forgotten that strange request. But a promise is a sacred thing. When I went to the cemetery, I easily turned the frame, and as soon as I removed the picture, I screamed:
\u2014 This is unbelievable\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the glass frame of the photo was an old, yellowed letter written in delicate handwriting \u2014 addressed to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My hands were trembling. Not from fear, but because I felt my heart beating faster with every passing second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I carefully unfolded the paper and began to read. It was indeed her handwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I opened the letter, I almost fainted.
\u2014 \u201cYou are reading this now\u2026 That means the time has come,\u201d wrote Grandma with her familiar, calm tone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 \u201cYou\u2019re probably wondering why I made such a strange request.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She paused for a moment and continued:
\u2014 \u201cInside the photo frame was my will. Together with your grandfather, we saved it there years ago. We agreed: \u2018If one of us leaves this world earlier, the other will hide our secret in the image of eternity.\u2019 It was our way of staying together even after de.ath.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tears filled my eyes. \u201cSo if I ever miss my grandparents, I can look at the photo frame \u2014 and feel like they\u2019re still here\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n My fingers ran over the edge of the photo frame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There really was something hidden there. I pulled it out \u2014 a small pendant with their wedding photo inside. The engraving read: Shortly before her de.ath, she called me into her room. We were alone. Her voice was barely audible \u2014 like a whisper:\u2014 Remove my photo from the grave exactly one year after. Not sooner. Do you promise?I tried to comfort her:\u2014 Grandma, you still have many beautiful moments to live\u2026She just smiled softly, closed her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wowzy.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cEternity. Love.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"