memories of my grandparents
Writing to
Grandma
BY KENDAHL CRUVER
My mom used to take my sister and me
to visit Grandma every Friday. Grandma
would make us grilled cheese sandwiches
and let us run wild in the backyard.
We’d sometimes go out to lunch.
When we did, she’d always carried her
posh leather purse and pointed her
index finger down in an elegant fashion
as she walked....This was the grandma
I knew for about 18 years.
Then I started college, and I got to
know Grandma in a different way [by
exchanging letters].... It was fascinating
to develop a more intimate, adult relationship
with her. I began to understand
a lot more about her perspective....
Some of her words really touched
me, like the time
she ended a letter
with, “You are a
sweet girl and I
know wherever
you go you will be
loved.” That phrase
has bolstered my
confidence many
times....
Grandma
6 GRAND JULY AUGUST 2012
Now I have a 4-year-old daughter,
Helena. She sees my mom two days a
week. I’m sure, even at her age, she
feels she knows her grandma very well.
One night I showed her how to mail
a letter, and every once in a while she’ll
ask to send another. She likes to send
her grandma emails as well.... I wonder
how they will communicate when she
starts school.... I learned things about
my grandma in our letters that even my
mom didn’t know. Maybe
someday my daughter
will see my mom in a new
light as well. I hope she
does. [Ed. note: This essay is
excerpted from the complete
version. See it by clicking here.]
Kendahl and Helena
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your grandparents (300
words or less). We’ll
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of GRAND Magazine - July/August 2012