My grandmother passed away this morning. I’m still processing the news, but I can tell you she was a treasure and a comfort to me, and I am thankful to have had her in my life. It is bittersweet to have lost her just before Thanksgiving, a time when we traditionally give thanks for all […]
Archives for November 2012
Little girl lost.
My grandmother is dying. As she lays unresponsive in an Iowa hospital, I’m keenly aware of the impending loss. I have many memories of this woman who took the time to pay attention to a child used to being on her own. In an only child’s world of adults, my grandmother let me know it […]
Love in the time of sarcasm.
There’s really nothing terribly special about our family — we are as dysfunctional as the next (though, not nearly as dysfunctional as the one in which I grew up). Somehow through fights and growing pains and tantrums and happy meal toys, three little kids grew up into three pretty-much-adults with this odd feeling of connection. I’m not […]
