Taking Up Grandmothers Mantle, Forging a New Path by Remembering the Past.

Grandmothers near and far were warriors in the home and outside the home. How did they survive the wars, the famines, the distance. To be born to the true warriors and heroes. As I sat with grandmother and listened to her life and the things she lived through. I asked grandma how did you do it? How did you take the beatings? How did you take having kids alone, and take the abuse at the same time?…