Rita Clara
My younger sister is able to pry secrets from my grandmother like no one else. For example, I learned from my sister, years ago, that the kindly old woman who…
Darling Grandma 10.26.12 ©
Wonderful woman - Darling Grandma of mine, I remember you strong, I remember you fine, I refuse to remember how fast you decline- -Do you remember, Just a few…
My Grandma
As I was watching my grandma slowly walk down to her basement using not only her cane but all the hand rails my grandpa had to install, I realized she could…
Nannie
About a few years ago on Father’s Day our extended family got together for a big pool swim and BBQ. It had been a few years since Poppie passed and Nannie was…
Thanks, Ma.
My grandma tried to frighten me into the Faith. To be quite honest, she tried to scare me into every single virtue she’d thought worthy. When I would terrorize…
Can the Day Be Won?
What he wanted was a sword, or a phaser, or a talking car. He’d even settle for a PDA he could use to hack into the mainframe. Or even the skills needed to…
Gram
I hope I am not doing the wrong thing here. I feel compelled to share my own similar story and if AR doesn’t mind, maybe others can too. She was one of the…
Red Riding Hood - Old School (We're All Grownups Here Challenge)
I woke up in a closet. How did I get here?! I thought. There was someone with me. An old lady in a nightgown. Wait... Maybe... I checked. She had a pulse…
My Grandma's Condition
I signed my name on the last of the hospital paperwork, not even bothering to read it. I had seen it all before. My Grandma had been in an out of the hospital…
Cruising with Grandma
My eyes widened and whatever I was about to say died on my gaping lips. She chuckled. “Oh don’t look at me like that boy, you think your old grandma doesn’t…
Bittersweet Tomatoes
We got a call while we took our lemonade break. Dad told us Grandma had taken a turn for the worse. We climbed into the car and drove silently to the hospital…
Granny's Botulism Brew
“I thought canning food was for a season, like over the winter, not for 30 years!” I hefted a jar of red stuff with tiny yellow seeds and big black spots, it’s…
The Colour of Grandma
A lilac grows beside my house, a small thing getting bigger every year. It was brought, the piece that was planted, from 800 kilometers away, from the place…