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Originally Posted by The Clk Man
After the funeral, take some alone time for yourself and reflect on the many good times you had with your Grandmother,
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Well, that would be a short period of reflection
All tolled, I spent maybe 2 hours with Darling Wife's grandmother. By DW's accounting, she'd only seen her ~ 18 - 20 times over her lifetime. Her influence was felt (and is clearly still being felt last night/today) in the form of The Vortex.
The Vortex is what the daughters of Grandmommy (Ma, Aunt Lucy, and Aunt Nancy) and their respective offspring came to call the emotional and mental.... issues, shall we say..... that Grandmommy imposed upon all who came into her world.
Grandmommy spawned four intensely brilliant kids (aforementioned daughters plus one son). Two of 'em sufficiently broken (Ma and Aunt Nancy) that their worlds would NEVER be mistaken for "normal." Ma's two kids (Darling Wife and Twin Brother) are similarly brilliant, and thankfully not significantly broken. Aunt Nancy's two kids are clearly bright, but clearly way more broken than Ma's pair.
Aunt Nancy works - she teaches grad level courses at a prestigious university - is happily married, has a handful of very successful kids, etc. But she acknowledges that The Vortex has scarred her, and she consciously does battle with the emotional demons it created (and that she passed parts of it onto her kids).
Uncle Paul, we don't know much of anything about except that he blew everyone away in college. He hauled arse decades ago, and pretty much keeps to himself.
To round out Grandmommy's modus operandi: Darling Wife, her aunt, and her cousins came to a realization last night as plans started taking shape: nobody remembers Grandmommy EVER having a single friend. Ever.
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1961 220b: first project car - sold.
2000 CLK 430: first modern Benz - sold.
2001 CLK 55: OMG the torque!!! - sold
1972 280SE 4.5: Baby Gustav
1991 300TE 4Matic: Gretel the Snow Bunny - sold
1978 300SD: Katz the Free Man - given away
1980 Redhead: Darling Wife
