Jul 11, 2007 | GRANNY BOO
From the time I can remember, whenever you’d say, "Bye, bye, Granny Boo," she’d always answer, "Bye, bye, darlin’," in that southern Virginia accent. Every time. Even when I called her last summer at Little Sisters Of The...
Aug 16, 2006 | God, what a world!, GRANNY BOO
OK, this is absurd. Granny Boo has started eating again. Great. She is ready to die, but her body just won’t quit and is now demanding nourishment. The same miraculous modern medical machine that has kept Megan alive, given her more years with her family, will...
Aug 15, 2006 | Cancer, GRANNY BOO, Medical Care, MEGAN
I’m not wanting to write about this because it’s very very sad. Heartbreaking, really. I think it’s why I haven’t been good about blogging the past few days. This topic is sitting on top of everything else. That’s death for you. It is...
Jun 20, 2006 | GRANNY BOO
Sweet Jesus, it’s a long haul. Granny Boo is ready, waiting. If she wasn’t too tired to climb, she’d be taking the steps two at a time. She is lucid, as comfortable as possible. She is loved and being cared for. Certainly in no pain. There is nothing...
May 29, 2006 | GRANNY BOO
Granny Boo has a very distinguished Southern accent. If Melanie Hamilton, Gone With The Wind’s true heroine, were 96, she’d sound just like Granny Boo. Aunt Gay is there in Washington with her. Gay told us that when Granny Boo woke up this morning, she...
May 26, 2006 | GRANNY BOO
The lady in red is Granny Boo. The date Christmas ’02 at my house in Key West. The year we had the 8′ tall candy-cane peace sign in our yard. Granny Boo’s real name is Nancy Tazewell (the 12th) Lee (my grandfather’s name) Yakel (Aunt...
