That was even the wrong way for me to see them. I was still upstairs, but I was behind two families and a coffee cart at the airport. I had to crane my neck to see for them. I couldn’t hear the statements because my heart was beating so fast. Then, finally, I caught a […]
The kitchen was very busy. From the roof, “100” streamers hung, and there were enough cupcakes and cheese platters to feed a wedding. Everyone wished to take a picture with Grandma Elsie. I mean, 100 years. That is something, right? In her wheelchair and her favorite purple fleece, she looked very small. Broken, but as […]
We have the same birthday party for Grandma Rannie every year. Cake, flowers, silly candle numbers, and that silly tiara she won’t take off. It’s something we always do. But something felt… different this year, her 86th. Not because of the party. It was the same. It’s her. She looks just like she did when […]