My Grandmother is 84 years old.
She is a Capricorn's Capricorn.
I call her Gkra (not to her face, just in my mind).
I love her very very much.
Today I had a rare treat and was able to take her to the south shore of Long Island, NY, which is one of her favorite places in the whole wide of the world. Jones Beach to be exact. The site of the a bunch of work done by the WPA back in the 1900's...
It was so powerful to take her down to the sand, watching her work through the painful arthritis of her spine. Standing on a small rise of sand we drank deep draughts of fresh sea air. She stood a little straighter and declared that she loved me to inrushing waves. It was a beautiful moment, the sky all puzzled up with cloud pieces, we stood there holding hands, 48 years apart in age, but linked together by the power of DNA, love and family.
84 years on this earth and still so impacted by such a simple thing as fresh ocean air.
It was a powerful reminder to me to be thankful for the absurd beauty in my life.
Driving home, explaining to her what it meant to be polyamorous (that was a fun one =), I was struck at how lucky we are to have those who come before us to give us perspective on who we are...
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