“Mom, one more thing: I know you’re concerned about how my stories will portray Grandma Ella, so, rest assured … I’m describing your mother as a fun loving, God fearing woman—whose passionate nature and early-life experiences led her to develop a strong defense system and an iron will. I’m describing Grandma as being as human as every other good, caring person, I know. Like you, Dad, Will and me ...
*I’m writing about emotional conflicts, which are intensified by the fact that change is the only constant in life, suggesting why every generation absorbs and passes forward mixed messages that mess with our minds much more often than we know!
Grandma had been Janet’s caretaker and mine whenever you and Dad went out. As very little was known about SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) and as common sense suggests that an overwhelming sense of guilt took a gargantuous bite out of Grandma's peace of mind when Janet died on her watch, and as Grandma feared the wrath of a rightous god—well—the tragic events, which followed in the aftermath of Janet's death, were in keeping with Grandma's fearful, negatively focused—bordering on superstitious—religious beliefs …"
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