With his arm around her waist, he gently guided her up the wooden steps and opened back door with the black skeleton key, guided her through the large screened in porch and into the kitchen all the while making sure she didn’t bump into anything. The gauze pad over her eye was a protection but also a hindrance to her navigation as she shuffled over the old linoleum floor that had aged just as she had.
Hushed tones of adults who awaited their return added to the bewilderment of the young children with them in the adjoining room. The sound of the swamp cooler muffled the quiet conversations the children tried to hear as they wondered about the whereabouts of their grandma.
Whispers ceased as the swinging door was slowly pushed opened and they watched grandma make her way across the room to ease into her favorite wooden rocking chair where with magnifying glass in hand she checked the newspaper to see how the Yankees had done while she was gone.
The adults mused, well she may have lost an eyeball, but she is still in the game.
Yikes that's quite a loss but seems she'll adjust. The tension was the others not hrr.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite a loss, but she did adjust.
DeleteGranny has a lot of game left in her!
ReplyDeleteShe did, and she was quite the fan.
DeleteOh, yeah ... she's still in the game.
ReplyDeleteShe wasn't one to be in the dark when it came to baseball.
DeleteBeautifully written. Love the line about how she and the linoleum floor had aged. I think granny is going to recover just fine and will wear a pirate patch!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dyanne. She was able to be fitted with a glass eye, so wearing a patch wasn't necessary for long.
Deletevery engaging... the world from a different time and a distant place.
ReplyDelete'cellent Six!
Thanks, Clark. The history of enucleations is quite interesting.
DeleteI long for the time when my grandmother sat on the porch and rocked. Both eyes of course, but she was there nonetheless. Good six.
ReplyDeleteI can still hear that sound of the rocking on the porch floor.
DeleteThat's the kind of granny i would like to be, still in the game to the end.
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, to be still in the game certainly beats the other options.
DeleteVery visual and captivating Six, Pat. Go Grandma! I've a feeling nothing can keep her down.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Thank you for your ongoing and encouraging support of Six Sentence Stories :)
Thanks, Denise.
DeleteBeing able to participate in the SSS is good exercise for me and I learn so much from reading the writing styles of others.