Anything But
There are benefits to having teenage parents
One of those is doting grandparents
If you’re really lucky there are also great grandparents
On my mother’s side I had both
I had my Great Granny
And her daughter
Who was just my Plain Granny
I was the first Grand, and you’d think
That Plain Granny would have stuck
But it didn’t, not past my siblings
Perhaps because Grandfather disliked it
Every card I have that he got to first
Is signed Grandfather and Grandmother
Then a single line through Grandmother
With Plain Granny jotted below
Was she plain?
Not hardly
She was educated, stubborn,
Beautiful beyond measure
Elegant and could swear like a sailor
Enjoyed scotch, because that’s what ladies drink
But loved a beer over ice
She was completely comfortable in formal attire
At a five star restaurant
And equally so at a local watering hole
She was not always easy to get along with
She and I did not always see eye to eye
But we always came around
And loved each other whole heartedly
As you can see my Granny was a lot of things
And she was anything but plain