Tag Archive for Patricia Mees Armstrong

Remembrance Poems: Her Life On Paper

I had never heard my grandpa sob before. His shaking hands grasped for the first time a book of my grandmother’s selected poetry, Her Life On Paper: Poems of Survival. Most people will remember Super Bowl XLVIII as the day the Seahawks trounced a dismantled Bronco’s team. My grandpa will remember it as the day…

Grandpa: You Better Start Making Me Some Great Grand-Children!

We’re here. One of my favorite places. My grandpa’s assisted living center. I’m don’t mean it sarcastically. Staying here (and this isn’t my first time) beats any accommodation. The people here are awesome. When I’m old, I’m going to be as crazy as I can. Even if I am completely lucid, I will feign a mild…