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2/21/2005 - My Grandmother Has Died
My grandmother has died. She had been ill and living in a nursing home for several years now, so it is not unexpected, but still, very sad. My memories of her are mostly anchored in my childhood. Recollections of her large laugh and kind manner, the sounds and smell of her cooking, and her earnest enthusiasm for all things involving the family. She was a very simple and down-to-earth woman who, as my parents would often remind me, had struggled hard against poverty and single-motherhood to raise her five children. She was, in so many ways, the deepest root in our family and will be sorely missed. I'm glad I got the chance to visit her two years ago on my trip down south.
