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Dead silence: When home is no longer home, everything changes after death of parents

When Eva Akeyo (pictured above) goes home, the first thing she does is visit her parents’ grave and sit there for a while. If it isn’t shipshape, she will pick up tools and tend to it, weeding it until it looks good again. 

“While there, I feel like I am connecting with them,” she says.

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