I stepped through the door to my grandmother and grandfather's home without even a My grandpa looked up from the television he was watching, from his cozy comer chair.He had a head of snowy white hair gleaming in the room. Over his broad body, hung a navy bluedress shirt and a fuzzy cardigan sweater. He wore slacks, held up awkwardly by a belt, allowinghis small potbelly to hang over it. His face showed the years of worry and stress, and his whitebushy eyebrows and growing second chin showed his old age. His smile greeted me. As I drewclose to him, his aging arms reached out and wrapped around my body and pulled me into a warmloving hug. As he released me from the hug, I said, "Grandpa, I have some news I want you tohear" as I plopped down in the chair beside him. "I wanted to let you know that I am gettingmarried," I told him.The room was left in a dead silence, frozen for a brief period of time, as we recoveredfrom the intensity of the news I had brought him.Reaching for the remote to turn off the television, my grandfather looked at me.Before he could say a word, the excitement of an unseen grandmother came from the kitchen.Both our eyes looked toward the cheerful light and the sounds of my grandmother's excitementAs the excitement faded away, his eyes turned toward mine. Awaiting his comments, my eyeswere open wide. Excitement had filled my body, because of the news I had just brought him."Wonderful, go ahead and tell me all about it," he exclaimed.Well, I woke up this morning just as I always do, but this time it was to the ringing ofthe phone. I reached for the phone and said "Hello," and on the other end was my boyfriend. He said he needed to see me as soon as possible, so I said "OK," and went to meet him. When Iarrived at his house, he met me at the door and asked me to come in and have a seat on the couch,I was a little worried at this time. I sit down on the couch and he kneeled down in front of me onone knee, I just looked...
