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Grandma


--by silver, posted Nov 18, 2006

My grandmother who used to be a social butterfly has gone back in her cacooon.  I think it is due to the fact that a lot of her friends have died over the last 4 years.  Her only existing friend also died 2 months ago.

She was extremely funny, charming and talkative.   Now she has grown quite and barely says anthing.  It's hard to keep a conversation going with her for more than 5 minutes as she mainly responds with "yes" or "no"

I called her this morning and mentioned about random acts of kindness at Yale.  She actually gave me a lot of ideas and talked to me for over 15 minutes.  It made my day and to some extent I am sure it made hers. 

She even cracked a joke - "So should I be watching out for a care-package from you?"  :-)

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Bonnie wrote: Ohhh.... grandmothers are so special. I miss mine so much. Your story blessed me this morning. Thank you.
jawad wrote: ohh. it was a good story. i like it

so KEEP IT UP
Aurelia wrote: I'm glad you were able to spend time with grandma and continue to receive her knowledge. You are blessed to have her close by and she also to have you. Her goodness continues through you. ~Aurelia

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