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david dussault's avatar

A very sweet read. We, of a considerable age, must make ourselves less so that our children and grandchildren can be more. There is real joy in that. Thank you for a lovely story.

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Patti Petersen's avatar

"Heaven's to Betsy..." I'd completely forgotten the expression. One grandmother embroidered, sewed, hung her wash on a line, cooked a mean pot roast and lemon cake with brown sugar icing - she didn't drive. She was a wonderful woman who stayed silent much of the time when my brother and I were arguing. She rarely offered an opinion but she included us in her nesting.

The other grandma drove a convertible up and down the freeways of California, jumped on Greyhound buses and traveled one coast to the other, rarely hit a kitchen to cook other than to make a sandwich, and sent us postcards and letters from everywhere she traveled. In the end my uncle had to put grandma's convertible on cement blocks so she couldn't steal the car and drive away. When my brother and I argued she'd pull out a $5 bill and tell us to "hush."

The two were so different and both priceless influences in my life.

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