Grandma

If you look up the word 'tough' in the dictionary, you get a picture of my maternal grandmother, Glada. She's 95 years old and has lived a hard, hard life, many of those years as the domestic for an extremely wealthy family in Morgantown, West Virginia (for whom a local hospital is named) while living in pretty abject poverty.

I just got word from my Mom that Grandma is going in for tests, she's having some health concerns and the doctors are going to make a determination about whether or not it is reasonable for her to continue to live alone, something that she insists on doing.

Please include her health and peace of mind in your thoughts and prayers today. She may be tough and occasionally contrary, but I love her, very much.