Sins Of The Father

I totally stole a picture of someone's grandmother.

When I was sixteen, I was asked to go pick up some corn from my grandmother to store in my mother's freezer. My grandmother already had six freezers crammed full of food from 1957 and thus had run out of room. While visiting, my grandmother began to bemoan my grandfather's failing health. She gave a laundry list of his ailments while I partially listened.

"And you know. Since he had his hernia operation, I haven't been able to have an orGANsim."

I distinctly remember saying "No she did not" to myself. Don't really deserve to have one if you can't even pronounce it. Verbally however, I only said, "Yeah. Hate that for you mamaw. Can I borrow five dollars for gas?"