My mama was much older than most of my classmates’ mothers.
My mama was undoubtedly my Grandma plus she offered to take me in when my real mother passed away from cancer.
I was only three when it happened, so I absolutely had no memories of her. I never knew any father but papa. Six months ago I got married plus moved out of state. I was so homesick, my partner told me my buddy and I were going home for my birthday. My own good friend and I drove the 2000 miles so I could see mama plus papa. They put us in my outdated family room, plus for the first time in my life, I realized how uncomfortable it was in there. There was no air conditioner, plus the window faced in a direction that didn’t really get any of the breeze. I asked mama why there weren’t any air conditioner units in the house. She laughed plus told me they were a frivolous purchase. Papa was a miser plus refused to buy window cooling systems, portable cooling systems, or a central air conditioner unit. He thought the air conditioner was totally unnecessary; He only had a boiler because mama could not bundle up enough to get warm. I laughed, but I remembered going to a friend’s houses plus the wonderful air conditioner. I asked mama if I could buy a window cooling system for our room so my buddy and I had AC while visiting. She didn’t care, but asked if my buddy and I wanted to take it with us when my buddy and I left. Papa jumped up plus said if wanted to buy an AC component for the room my buddy and I could. He would just put it in the dining room when my buddy and I left. Papa was just insanely cheap.