Family
One year ago yesterday my family lost a tremendous role model and an even better person. My nana was such a wonderful human being that I can’t even recall the image of someone who might have said a bad word about her. We joked at her funeral that it would be a crowded one—a full house, a sell-out crowd—with all of her fans, and her immediate family of sons and their families composed a great portion of that fan base. While it was a sad reunion, it was a reunion nonetheless this time last year when we all convened in the Burgh to say goodbye to a legend. (This is my blog, therefore I decide who’s a legend.) As I recall that occasion 365 days ago, I also look back fondly on the last seven days, once again spent with family in unprecedented back-to-back summers spent with my dad’s then mom’s sides of the family. It was my grandpa’s birthday this past week, my mother’s father, and that was reason to celebrate. The whole family convened from Dallas and Cali, SC and Vegas. Some folks ev...