My Great Grandmother's House

Completed - 1291 words

Well this one took me a number of places that I was not expecting. I tried to remember my great-grandmother's house to the best of my ability. I don't think I did too well. I remember seeing the Laker games, her in her rocking chair, her dog Fluffy, the black leather rocker, a white kitchen table, a gigantic spool, and a boring outside. That was pretty much it. And about that much detail.

So where did all the words come from? A story about my great-grandmother not liking grape leaves that my dad made her for a lunch but eating half the pot all by herself. About when my dad told me when she died and what I could remember saying distintcly, And then a big revelation that I had never thought about before.

When my great-grandmother died, my dad told me by himself. It was the same when he told me that they were getting divorced. My mom was nowhere to be found. Nine years apart, but the same scenario. I don't know if I would have ever realized that without this exercise. Talk about foreshadowing in one's life.

So I got something interesting about my own past thinking about Ethel Bolinger, my great-grandmother. Oh, I forgot to put in my writing that she was General Hersey's first cousin. Oh well.