Grandmother at my elbow
COMMENTARY
Lessons you learn from the people closest to you matter more than anything else they can give you.
My grandmother taught me the art of getting off a horse. (Mother had already taught me how to get on.)
Grandmother also gave me the farm. Allow me to contradict that opening thesis statement.
Me, I wasn’t special. Just the only grandchild. OK, I’ll admit I felt a little special.
Meanwhile, how …