“the balcony”
my youngest grandson
was visiting
and we were having lunch
he was nine or ten then
and we were talking about
creative writing
and writing plays
which we had done together
many times
and he said
“gramma
someday when they give me
my oscar for screenwriting
a movie
they will hear me say
this is for my grandmother
who encouraged me to write.”
my response to this was
“i’ll be watching from above”
he looked a little puzzled
and then said
“oh, you’ll be in the balcony?”
alisaundre
Bio: Sandra McCafferty (alisaundre), a retired teacher and realtor, is a resident of Seattle.
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