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Afternoon with a Grady elder:
Me: "I heard you had a lot of visitors today. I hate I missed them."
Her: "Yeah. It was mostly good."
Me: "Mostly?"
Her: "Mmmm hmm."
*silence while watching TV*
Her: *sighing* "My granddaughter got upset with me."
Me: "Oh man. Why?"
Afternoon with a Grady elder:
Me: "I heard you had a lot of visitors today. I hate I missed them."
Her: "Yeah. It was mostly good."
Me: "Mostly?"
Her: "Mmmm hmm."
*silence while watching TV*
Her: *sighing* "My granddaughter got upset with me."
Me: "Oh man. Why?"
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Her: "She say I ain't got NO business laughing at no TV or at nothing else when I got this cancer eating up my whole body. She don't like me making light of NOTHING that ain't concerning my health." *sighs again*
*silence*
Me: "Dang. That's tough.”
Her: "Who you tellin?"
Her: "She say I ain't got NO business laughing at no TV or at nothing else when I got this cancer eating up my whole body. She don't like me making light of NOTHING that ain't concerning my health." *sighs again*
*silence*
Me: "Dang. That's tough.”
Her: "Who you tellin?"
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Her: "Here's what happened: My granddaughter came in here with her friend, right? Well. Her friend had just up and cut her hair all off with some clippers."
Me: *squinting* "Wait--what does that have to do with. . ."
Her: "'Cause it looked a mess."
*laughter*
Her: "Here's what happened: My granddaughter came in here with her friend, right? Well. Her friend had just up and cut her hair all off with some clippers."
Me: *squinting* "Wait--what does that have to do with. . ."
Her: "'Cause it looked a mess."
*laughter*
