“She’s beautiful,” I said, and she nodded. “My mother was very smart.” Her voice was full of admiration. “My father, he was always at the center of everything. I do wish he’d deferred to my mother more, but that was not the way it was back then. I think I made a decision when I was young that I did not want to marry someone like him, which is how I ended up with a wonderful man like your grandfather.” “I feel like you showed me what to look for,”
