The Blanket That Knew

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There is a blanket in grandma's cupboard that always knows. If you are cold, it is warm. If you are too warm, it goes cool at the corners. And if you are sad — this is the clever part — it grows just a little bit heavier, the way a hug does, and it stays exactly that heavy until you breathe out slowly three times. One. Two. Three. There. Grandma says the blanket learned this from all the people who cried into it before you, and from all the people who stopped crying afterwards. Both things happened under the same blanket. Both things are normal. You are allowed to be sad, and you are allowed to stop.