My Nana is dying. She has advanced emphysema and struggles to breathe every day. She is disappearing pound by pound before my eyes and for the past week I have had the privilege of helping my mother and aunt Dot take care of her at my parents’ home in Massachusetts. In 28 years, I have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘grandmothers’
in her words
Posted in love, my people, tagged family, grandmothers, love, love lessons i learned from the old people in my life on October 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
my nana
Posted in my people, tagged family, grandmothers, my people on March 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My nana has spunk. Verve. Sass. She has a mind of her own, a Mac laptop and a gmail account. She is savvy. She is smart. And she isn’t afraid to throw down when it counts. Like … when her grandchildren try to treat her to breakfast. Or dinner. Or insist she park in legal [...]
more lessons i learned from the old people in my life
Posted in my people, tagged family, grandmothers, growing a pair, the Waves, world war II on March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I need to grow a pair. Yeah, you read that right.
It took flying more than 4,000 miles to visit my grandparents in Boston and Florida for me to learn that I have to stop being so … straight edge. Not only is it stressful to try and maintain decorum and obey the rules all the [...]
TMI?
Posted in love, my people, tagged grandmothers, love, making out on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Editor’s note:I am putting politics aside today. I have no motivation to discuss recent developments of the proposed $700 billion government bailout or the news that Wachovia is near sunk. I have no desire to discuss my thoughts on the first presidential debate. No real urge to discuss anything of true substance. Today, I only [...]
