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... GrandMary—insisted I wear a dress to the dedication ceremony last summer. I was tempted to scowl in the photos but knew my defiance would hurt Mom more than it would tick off GrandMary. I cut through the parking lot behind the student ...
... GrandMary's been at EverCare for six weeks now and, the month before that, in the hospital. She had a stroke at my high school graduation party. Visiting every morning is part of the New Normal, which is what I call what happens when ...
... GrandMary's forehead. I've been on the receiving end of those kisses so often that an echo of one warms my own forehead. I hope GrandMary can feel that good medicine even when the light bulb is off. When my grandmother was in the ...
... GrandMary fixes me with a gaze as tender as my mother's kisses. Something passes between my grandmother and me. She understands why I had to alter our plan. My nose tingles with pre-cry pinpricks from relief, sadness, or both. Maybe ...
... GrandMary had a stroke in June. If I stay home, I can stop the third bad thing from happening. Even if it means waiting a little longer to follow the Plan. “I should go.” I kiss Mom and then GrandMary goodbye. As soon as I leave the ...