Arrow Photography

     My grandmother visited my family the past few days.  It was a wonderful experience for all of us.  On several different levels it was a powerful time of sharing. 

      It was the first time that my grandmother stayed with me.
      I have fond memories as a child of staying in my grandma's small two bedroom house and doing special things like playing yahtzee and going to Long John Silvers for lunch.  Ah to be young again.  
     So that is what I became this past Monday, young at heart.  But this time, I drove grandma to our Long John Silvers and my daughter got to share in that wonderful tradition from my childhood.  We all sat around the table and ate our meal and talked about the weather and what the new KFC/LJS building looked like on the inside.  Erin and I remember what the old KFC looked liked before a grease fire last fall, yuck.
    Second, at 87 my grandma has a no holds barred honesty about subjects and her reflections on her relationships with various extended family members.   And boy did I hear an earful about various people, and I openly laughed along with her and secretly reveled in her stories.  I got to know my grandma as an adult even more in the three days she stayed with us.   If I get the chance, I will add a few more stories.
    Wow....she is one neat lady.