Seeking Sanctuary

I pick up the basket full of washed clothes and step out into the early morning sun. I’m busy hanging them on the ropes when my grandmama appears behind me.

My grandmama is in her early sixties; she looks pretty good and healthy for her age. She walks fine and even exercises every morning. Her husband died about twenty years ago, and she refused to remarry, so she’s been alone since. From what I’v