110 Red Roses for my Grandmother

[zellandyne]

My grandmother used to tell me a a story about how Uncle Stan sent her 110 red roses on her 50th birthday and a card saying he hoped she lived to 110 (she made it to 95, so, not bad). She would show me the card, even. And then she would ask me what happened. How did a boy like that go from sending his mother 110 red roses to not talking to her?

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[kate_schaefer]

Wow.

Thank you for writing this painfilled story.

[mrissa]

This is the absolutely wrong area for us to have stuff in common.

But my dad's father pulled this too. He tried to tell me that "we both have a lot to regret" about him writing himself out of my life when I was 3. I asked him if he expected that I should pedal a trike 350 miles to see him, because sometimes I am not a particularly nice person, and seriously, that was bullshit. But--this is apparently a thing. That people do. I thought it was just with me. I'm sorry it's with you also.

[nightrythm]

Thank you for sharing this.