Love you, Grandma

Grandma
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I got a phone call last night from my Uncle Malcolm in Tennessee. My grandmother, Estelle, is ill and isn't expected to make it through today. She's a venerable lady, it is true, and she's lost both her daughters, my Aunt Dagmar back in 1995 and Mom in 1999, plus her husband, so she'll be heading to a family reunion. I had an incredible time with Grandma, this lovely lady with an overdeveloped sense of forgiveness and patience, a genuine laugh always full of light and fun, and a love of books and mysticals. Idaho farmgirl, Seattle socialite, university student, war wife, mother, grandmother, matriarch kitsune, I will always love you, Grandma.