Memories of Grandpa, Anecdote #3

My brother, his girlfriend, and my nieces were sick this on weekend, but we had scheduled family portraits for Sunday, so they came to our neck of the woods to have our pictures taken. They were vomiting and had diarrhea. I was hoping that I wouldn’t get sick; maybe I wouldn’t have if I hadContinue

Memories of Grandpa, Anecdote #2

I don’t know if my grandpa thought that he was funny, or if he intended to be rude. He, my cousin and her friend, and my mother made the 50-mile trip to Maryville to shop at Dollar Tree (everything’s $1!) and eat at the Joy Wok buffet (it had been too long since I’d hadContinue

Memories of Grandpa, Anecdote #1

My grandpa was quite a character. He died of spinal cancer almost two years ago. I don’t know how many of these memories that I will share, but here’s one to get us started. Mom had gone to work, and she suggested that Grandpa and I go out to a restaurant that I liked whileContinue