05/18/2026
95 years is a long time to leave your mark on the world, and my grandma absolutely did that. She was a character in every sense of the word. She had the mouth of a sailor, didn’t take s**t from anyone, and always had a story to tell. She loved her crime shows, her romance novels, and you could almost always find her curled up with a book in her hands.
Every time we visited her in Ohio, Lisa would make raisin pie. I didn’t even know raisin pie was a thing before her, but my grandma loved it, so it became our tradition.
When I came out as trans to my grandma nearly a decade and a half ago, she told me she understood because she had seen a Lifetime movie about it. Now, call me a pessimist if you want, but to this day I’m still not entirely sure what movie she watched. 😆 But what mattered was that she didn’t question me for a second. She just accepted me, and I’ll always be grateful for that.
Saying goodbye is never easy, no matter how long someone lives, but she was ready. I’m grateful for the years, the memories, the stories, and the laughs. Rest easy, Grandma. ❤️