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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