She also taught me the first lesson of my journey: "You are going to meet many people throughout your life and if you want them to remember you, you must always be a little different, you must be sincere, and you must make them feel special, especially the girls." From the Back Cover: Nana told me, "Rain is the cleansing agent God sends to wipe away your sins." As soon as it did, there were the two of us out dancing in the downpour. Whenever the smell of rain came to the air-you know the smell-we would wait excitedly for the storm to hit. We also had another ritual which I still do to this day. She said, "Treating people with the respect they deserve is the best way to get into heaven." On the subject of religion, she reinforced my conviction that it does not matter how or where you worship God, as long as you believed in Him. The two of us could sit and talk about anything for hours. One person I really connected with was my great-grandmother, I called her Nana. There were always fresh red roses which meant love and beauty pink ones for appreciation, yellow ones meaning "I care" and friendship, and most importantly white roses which symbolized remembrance and respect. Her house was full of them, mostly evidenced by the presence of flowers, roses in particular. Although we never heard the words, "I love you" flow from the lips of any family member, we knew that we all cared for each other by the loving symbols that we saw.
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