Grandma Janey

This is the most vivid memory I have of visiting my grandparents (Ruby's parents) as a child:

As a kid, I was a major league morning person. My grammy knew I woke up before everyone else, so she told me that when I woke up I should go wiggle her toes and she would get up and read with me. I was a shy kid, and waking people up terrified me, but I was easily bored and hated being the only one awake. So I would creep quietly into my grandparents' room in the morning to wake my grandma up. I was too shy to actually wiggle her toes (small child that I was, I thought she literally wanted me to wiggle her toes) so I would stand near her head and whisper "Grammy, wake up" until she woke up. When she woke up she would beam me a smile and read books with me until everyone else woke up.


Lessons learned: Don't wait. Go now.