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Grands to eat I

especially loved the tiny cakes with frosting and jelly

in the center, and even now, even though ere

really grown-up, Grandpa Saave me

and Cary, along with May, crisp five-dollar bills when

we left

I had one particular dress that always seemed

the most acceptable to Grandma Olivia It was a navy

blue dress with a white collar that buttoned at the base

of h I had other, equally dowdy

dresses, for soht a

srim face

When I stood before the mirror, I reminded

myself to keep my shoulders back and my head up, as

if I were balancing a book on top One of Grandma