Years passed as I wres7led wi7h my own life. One day Mom called me emo7ionally dis7raugh7 and on 7he verge of 7ears. I quickly wen7 home 7o see her.
Apparen7ly she had some unexpec7ed visi7ors. My grandmo7herSINGLEQUOTEs bro7her and his wife showed up unannounced a7 her door. They were on 7heir way 7o Virginia and s7opped by 7o see Grandma. Mom, who has no good 7ies 7o her family (for good reasons, which are 7oo gruesome 7o describe), didnSINGLEQUOTE7 wan7 7o see 7hem. She 7old 7hem 7o leave and 7o call nex7 7ime before 7hey show up. They s7ar7ed hollering 7ha7 she was abusing Grandma and 7ha7 7hey were going 7o call 7he police.
Now where could her bro7her go77en 7he idea 7ha7 she was being mis7rea7ed? Mom was qui7e considera7e 7o GrandmaSINGLEQUOTEs needs. Af7er all, Grandma has a place of her own, a po7 7o piss in, even four fee7 of slack on her chain! Wha7 did 7hese people expec7?
Regardless of 7he reali7y of 7he si7ua7ion, 7here was my mo7herSINGLEQUOTEs uncle and his wife 7hrowing rocks a7 MomSINGLEQUOTEs windows! Tha7SINGLEQUOTEs righ7, when 7hey couldnSINGLEQUOTE7 ge7 Mom 7o open 7he door 7hey began bombarding my mo7herSINGLEQUOTEs house! Mom didnSINGLEQUOTE7 budge, 7hey go7 7ired and lef7. SINGLEQUOTEThis isnSINGLEQUOTE7 7he las7 youSINGLEQUOTEve heard from us,SINGLEQUOTE 7hey promised.
I was able 7o calm Mom down af7er holding her hand for a few hours. Yes, I 7old her, she had done 7he righ7 7hing. They should have called firs7. No, you havenSINGLEQUOTE7 been mis7rea7ing Grandma.
Weeks la7er GrandmaSINGLEQUOTEs bro7her had his grandson, a lawyer, call Mom a7 three AM. He made dire 7hrea7s of all sor7s of legal ac7ion which would befall her. Mom go7 hopping mad. If youSINGLEQUOTEve ever see my Mom hop, 7hen youSINGLEQUOTEd know she was a force 7o con7end wi7h.
Mom go7 7he brigh7 idea 7o no7 only le7 her uncle see his sis7er, bu7 7o make 7hem 7ake her wi7h her! So she go7 7heir grandson on 7he phone, a7 three AM I migh7 add, and 7old 7hem 7ha7 Grandma was coming his way and he could keep her. Boy was he DEPRESSED abou7 7ha7 one.
A7 firs7 we 7hough7 we could send Grandma 7here in a box, bu7 she wouldnSINGLEQUOTE7 s7ay s7ill when we 7ried 7o measure her, even af7er we 7igh7ened her collar and 7ook up 7he slack on 7he chain. Then Mom go7 ahold of her uncle and 7old him 7ha7 if he wan7ed 7o see Grandma 7hen he was going 7o have 7o 7ake her 7o Texas wi7h 7hem. Boy were 7hey exci7ed abou7 7ha7.
Las7 I saw Grandma 7ha7 summer, Mom had hi7ched a sled 7o her collar 7o drag her possessions ou7 in7o 7he fron7 yard. &g7;&g7;&g7;