April Newsletter: Freedom to Live
We leave the hero at peace with his life.
Happy April!
This newsletter is dedicated to my maternal grandmother, Virginia, who is turning 80 tomorrow. The final grandparent I have left and the first eyes I ever looked into.
My mother says that from the moment I was born, grandma and I were bonded. I remember looking at this goddess with locks down her back. I admired her freedom, and even though she terrified me when she took me to see Sankofa in Harlem, I always trusted her. I watched Beloved with her on VHS and had nightmares but when I read the book as an adult, I understood how important that art was and why she wanted me to know it as a child.
For my birthday in South Carolina, she made a yellow cake inside and out. She kept my secrets and even more so now that she has dementia. Life. Death. Resurrection. This could be the final day of birth I could share with her. In truth, every day with her is a gift. Every meal, every smile, every scowl.
Even amongst all this, I’m at peace. How can you find yours?
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