• Sections

    • Jan

    17

    Bossy Meets Bossy

    Filed Under being creative, from the heart, humor, lil things, love, people 

    Open Letter to My Grandmother:

    Dear Nanny,

    Why do you have five pairs of slippers, four tvs, and six can openers? Maybe you don’t remember, or you don’t want to lose track, or you’re convinced of technology’s promises. When I showed you the battery operated blue and white plastic thing that made the whirring noise, you examined it, and turned it on, and frowned into your eyebrows for ten minutes, and all you could say was, “I just got this. It’s new. I forget what it does, but don’t throw it away.”

    Well, I love you, Nanny. I’m glad you’ve moved across the street from me, and that I can see you every day. Visiting you will be as easy as checking the mail, and I feel like calling out: to what do I owe this pleasure?

    Nanny, I know I’ve been bossing you around. The point of downsizing is to downsize, and you said you wanted to do it. I hope you see the purpose of my insistence that you choose between your 20 sets of place mats from the Caribbean; I’m helping you achieve the goal of your golden years. Once you’re down to one-fifth of what you had before, you’ll have more space in your brain for important things, like baking me sweet potato pies.

    You’ve met your match in me. I know you don’t listen to Mom very well - probably because you two have a different kind of relationship. That’s okay: I can’t tell her what to do, either. But you and I are on the same page. At times I even feel like a warrior from WoW, and I’m leading the way onto our next quest with you as my trusty pet sidekick. Especially the way I’ll walk too fast, and you get stuck behind a door, and forget the mission.

    It’s all good, Nanny. You, me, all sixty as-yet-unpacked boxes in the garage. It might sting a little right now to say goodbye to so much, but by the end of the month, you can sleep well in your Craftmatic bed: your discarded belongings will have clothed whole villages of naked people, filled empty kitchen drawers across the state, and supplied homemade, plastic, Easter bookmarks to used Bibles everywhere.

    No worries, Nanny. Close your eyes and rest assured - three lamps, a night-light, and A&E light your dreams, and the carpeted path to the bathroom. I’ll see you in the morning.

    Love,

    Hafidha

    Share This

    Popularity: 36% [?]

    Comments

    2 Responses to “Bossy Meets Bossy”

    1. jacqueline on January 17th, 2008 3:02 pm

      Lovely. I never really knew my grandparents and your relationship just sounds perfect… everyone can use a little bossy in their lives!

    2. suggested reading, and a late-night thought « it’s all one thing on January 19th, 2008 9:45 pm

      [...] suggested reading, and a late-night thought Posted in religion by shetterly on January 19th, 2008 Open Letter to My Grandmother [...]

    Leave a Reply




    Close
    E-mail It
    visitors since June 16, 2007