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our hair was brushed, our shoes shined, and ere

always, even now, reminded about the rules of

behavior when at Grand

what not to say and what to say If one of us didn't pass Grandma Olivia's inspection, Daddy usually blamed Mommy, so we did our best to live up to

expectations

We all ended up looking like different people

ere all dressed up, especially May and I,

since Grandma Olivia didn't like women to wear their

hair loose and down She said that it made them look

like witches, so I had to use bobby pins and combs to

wrap my hair neatly, and even May wore a little

French twist Although the old-fashioned hairdos

added years to our age, we didn't look overly grownup, since makeup was strictly forbidden, even for

Mommy She didn't even wear lipstick

Despite all this, I did look forward to going