2-13 Grandma

I am visiting my Grandma in April. She is 91 and I can’t wait to see her. When I was young my mom did my Grandma’s hair every Thursday morning. She and her neighbor lady, who I called Grandma Blanche would come and play cards while my mom did both of their hair. They liked to play pinochle and since my mom was doing hair she couldn’t play, so they taught me. I was only four and I caught on quick. I loved playing. I was a timid bidder, but when I bid you knew I had a good hand. My mom and I also played with my Grandma on other occasions. Sometimes I would go home with my Grandma and spend the night for a few nights. I loved going home with her. We would go to a Mexican restaurant on the way home. Mexican is both our favorite kind of food. I would get beans and rice and mix it together and eat it with chips. My Grandma would get two tostadas every time. Then when we got to her house she had a closet full of board games. I would get to pick one out and the fun would begin. Sorry was one of my favorites, whether it was hers or not, she acted like it was. We would play for hours and I couldn’t get enough. At night she would make popcorn we would sit on the couch together and eat it and watch TV. Sometimes we would get orange sherbet and eat it out of a little glass bowl with ornate decorations on it. I have some of these bowls that my mom gave me that were my Grandmas. I think of her every time I use them. In the morning she would go for a walk around the park that was across the street from her house. I would wake up and go with her. There was a tennis court and sometimes we would find stray balls and I would keep them since no one was around. I love my Grandma very much and hope I’m half as fun a Grandma as she was to me growing up. She has arthritis in her hands and can’t hold cards anymore so we will play dominoes in April. I am anxiously awaiting the trip.