Day: September 2, 2020

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The Grandma

These photos are from 2008, a few months after Dad died. The adorable baby girl Mom’s holding is Ronni Wright. (You can never have enough Ron Wright’s in my family.) Her big brother, Bosten, is supervising the occasion. Bosten and Ronni are two of Mom’s army of great-grandkids.

For all of my adult life, when I’ve shown up in Delta at the grocery store or the swimming pool or a restaurant, inevitably someone not related to me will ask me, “How’s Grandma doing?” I know exactly who they are asking about. Mom has always treated the friends of her grandkids and great-grandkids like they belong to our family. She’s an extra grandma to them. And I’m sure she knows what kind of cookies each one of them likes best.

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Mom’s Pandemic Birthday Month

Here’s a tieless Mom at 17. Dad’s aiming the camera. I decided TIE O’ THE DAY is going to be heavy on Helen, Sr. this month. She will be 90 on September 26th, but because the world is pandemically challenged this year, we have to forego giving her the bigly community birthday bash she deserves. She would relish a snack-filled party in her honor, with relatives and friends showing up from far and wide—and Delta. Mom’s a party animal. She loves people and their stories. But such a bash is not to be. I have no doubt Millard Care and Rehab will see to it that she is celebrated there. I will try to do her justice here on TIE O’ THE DAY.