GRANDMA REMINDS US.

If you are going into a place called; “Shula’s 347 Grill, there may be a bouncer there, or maybe a swaggering football team having lunch, maybe the bar is packed with excited fans, loud and carrying on, or so one might think.

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TLW (The Little Woman) and Nos. 1 and 2 Sons joined me in going there to celebrate a 90-year old lady’s birthday! Hey don’t mess with Elizabeth Garrity; she can still knock you on your butt! If you don’t think so, ask one of her many children that attended the brunch in her honor on Sunday.

What do you get a 90 year-old lady? We got her a sissy card, but her kids know better, an autographed photo of the Baltimore Orioles manager, and an autograph team photo of the Pittsburg Steelers, that’s what!

She sat there amongst family and friends, regal calm in her demeanor, cute as a button, and still the same beautiful lady I’ve known for many, many years.

I first met her in Cape May, New Jersey, where she presided over her large brood, and even took on friends of the family.

There was an appropriate presentation before the cake was served, given by her two beautiful daughters Rita and Sara, and that was after a hearty singing of: “Happy Birthday.”

So Grandma reminds us, that getting older does not mean you lose your passion for anything. It reminds us that there is a storehouse of good memories to draw on, great people that visit us in our lifetimes, and that children, in the end mean a bridge to the future, and the legacy of our past.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MRS GARRITY!