“DON’T WEAR YOUR RED COAT TODAY,” MY GRANDSON SAID. HOURS LATER, I SAW WHY — AND MY STOMACH DROPPED. My grandson called me at 5:00 a.m. and said, “Grandma, don’t wear your red coat today.” I asked why, and with a trembling voice, he said, “You’ll understand soon.” At 9:00 a.m., I went to catch the bus like I had a hundred Tuesdays before. When I arrived, I froze in place the moment I saw what was unfolding there. The phone rang at exactly five in the morning. I know because I was already awake, sitting in my grandmother’s old rocking chair by the front window, watching the darkness slowly surrender to dawn over the fields…..CONTINUE READING IN BELOW

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