Today would have been my Grandmother’s birthday. She died a couple of years ago of the complications that result from Alzheimer’s. Every now and then it hits me… the enormity of it all. Helping to be her care giver for over six years, watching her fade away slowly day after day. She was an incredible woman and along with my grandfather, made a huge impact on every life that they touched. Many people said that my grandmother was the woman behind the man. But with my grandmother’s help, my grandfather worked on desegregating the Omaha, Nebraska schools, trying to bring equal education to everyone. And in 1992 the Omaha school district named a high school after my grandfather. My grandmother was so proud on that day!
