Again, feel free to skip this post as it has not a thing to do with tennis. Sorry. I know, I am so delinquent.
I was just perusing YouTube, looking at old television shows from the 70 – 80’s. It's too bad they don't make tv like that anymore. Watching the opening theme from Fantasy Island, Charlie’s Angels, and CHiPs (California Highway Patrol!) gave me a good laugh.
Growing up, I spent a lot of time with my grandparents who, for most of my childhood, lived only 2 blocks away from me. During that time, my grandmother’s 3 favorite things in life were Babette (her black poodle who hated me), shopping, and watching all her police detective television shows: Ironside, Kojak, Baretta, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Hawaii 5-0, The Streets of San Francisco. (She also loved cottage cheese with fruit on top, which to this day I have never understood.) Since my grandfather worked the graveyard shift, she watched a lot of television at night. Given how much time I spent with her, watching those shows -- it's surprising I didn’t wind up being a police detective myself. Hmmm, it all makes sense now, doesn't it?
Several years ago my grandmother developed Alzheimer’s and around the same time my grandfather passed away. My grandmother now lives in a long-term care facility, and while she no longer remembers me, I have many wonderful memories of her. This is the woman who ate Milkbone dog biscuits with me! I would like to think some of my grandmother's fun-loving qualities rubbed off on me and it could also explain why I always misplace my car/house keys. As a little girl, I remember telling her that she would always be my first and best friend. She was a loving and fun Grandma, and I miss her.
tina signing off.
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