Week 7
Her oversized brimmed glasses rest upon her nose and hook around her ears. Although growing older creates more flaws and wrinkles in the skin, she is still the most beautiful person I know. Her teeth (dentures) are perfectly white, although they are not her natural teeth, they look like they are. She has a smile that is one of the most genuine things I have ever seen, lighting up her face and eyes in the process. We sit at the table, eating our dinner, something we do almost every other night. I almost always expect her to be in her usual white turtle-neck with her Carhartt jeans. She always has her cross necklace on along with two bracelets and a couple rings on both hands, she likes to think of herself as "fancy." She is a healthy woman, physically and mentally. She putters around the house all day long, with a hand cloth draped over her shoulder to use while she bakes. Her socks are the usual white, never any other color.. I bought her bright colored sox for Christmas one time but she never seemed to take a liking to them. She is around 5'6 or maybe even 5'5, shrinking with age, I now seem to tower over her whenever I go to give her a hug. Her hair is about two or three inches long, in curls all around her head. The shades of white, gray and a little bit of blonde shine under the light. She never tries to look younger then she is, she accepts her age humbly, even though at heart she is about 60 years younger. Many times, I catch her examining her nails under the light, criticizing the way they look. When she was younger, she had a habit of always having fake nails which eventually ruined her real ones, she still tries to strengthen everyday.
Her passion for loving her family and confidence shines through her, for she knows she is beautiful. On the weekends, she works at a near by nursing home, taking care of older patients but still calling them "her little chickadees." Her love for other people is outstanding and she is the least critical person I know.
I will never meet anyone quite like my Nana, for she is one of a kind.
Strong focused description, very visual, allowing us to picture her and the the externals you give us do somehow seem to lead gradually to a view of the inner woman as well, which is a pretty neat trick.
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Thank you for the compliment. I thought my Nana would be the easiest person to write about because I have all the details about her down-pat.
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