We did get my grandmother's silver and our wedding silver out, but I'm saddened to have left behind my grandmother's dresser, china cabinet and corner hutch.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am.
So after a few months, my mother's people sent me and my brother back to this little village in Arkansas to my grandmother, my father's mother who was raising me, and she used to braid my hair.
We traveled to Kansas where my grandmother's family was from, and went to Chicago, and went to Yellowstone.
When Simon passed away, Passover shifted to my grandmother's apartment several blocks north.
My grandmother's parents, both from European countries, met as refugees in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Then he rolled out my grandmother's piecrust and filled it with apples, all while listening to my dissertation on the importance of preheating an oven.
The crunch of car tyres on gravel, the heavy smell of an imminent thunderstorm, swaying elm trees - random childhood memories of my grandmother's house, Ridgely, in upstate New York.
An otherwise lovely 2009 Stefano Mancinelli Lacrima de Morro, a red wine from the Marche, had delicious flavors of earth and sour cherry and a snappy acidity, but its floral aromas were so pronounced it would be like pairing a plate of pasta with a bottle of my grandmother's perfume.
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But I looked down at this song and I thought, this is my grandfather's letter to my grandmother, just letting her know that it's OK to let go and that he's waiting for her.
Let him curse and I remember him falling down the cellar steps, and howling, and I remember, with pain, his tears, which my hand or your grandmother's so easily wiped away.
So I will do so with what my grandmother used to tell me was the Irishman's blessing.
My grandmother, choosing to follow in her father's footsteps, became an Eastern classical musician and a stage performer.
He was also a deadbeat who contributed nothing to my mother's care and stole money her grandmother had willed to her.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am.
Minutes later, my boyfriend and I found ourselves in a cab going to the grandmother's house in the Bronx.
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Vanessa's stuffed zucchini with meatballs evoked memories of how her own Italian grandmother used to cook, while my freshly made rigatoni with a white ragout of small sausage meatballs, cannellini beans and rosemary was by far the most memorable pasta experience I had in Emilia-Romagna.
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