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A Trip Down Memory Lane at 93

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* FROM 12/10/2009 and was never published for some odd reason. Just found it in my "drafts". It was a very emotional trip for me. I miss her so much. I miss her and Papa. I recently went to visit my grandmother, who we refer to as Grammy, and found myself a bit overwhelmed. Grammy doesn't look 93, but she sure is beginning to feel it. Medications for all sorts of pains and aches and difficulty walking without her walker are just some of the daily issues she deals with. She recently had a spill where she fell on the tile floor in her kitchen. She did end up bruised and did hit her head, yet she did not break a bone. After the fall, she was given more medications and increased doses. Then came my visit. I wanted to record her talking about the past (IE: how she met Papa, funny stories from when she lived in N.C., growing up on a tobacco farm, etc.). Once my tape recorder was fixed she reminisced about all sorts of people and places that she had not thought about in years. P...