Game Shows and Fond Memories
So I am going to share with you something special. It's a memory that I hope you will enjoy. Follow along as I share the story of watching game shows with my maternal grandmother, or Grandma, which is someone I talked about in a previous post of this blog. That being said, let's go.
Grandma and I had a special relationship. Some of my cousins and even one of my siblings thought I was the favorite grandchild. No, I'm not an entitled brat. I think my grandmother saw that I was being ignored at home, so she did her best to make things better, even by a little bit. That's why she was willing to take me in when my parents, namely "Dad" (I have talked about him in the past), didn't want me moving back home after moving out at 18 because I was tired of all the bullshit they put me through. My mother and I have a better relationship now, but at the time, my parents made me feel unwanted and unloved. Grandma made me feel like I mattered. To this day, nothing I do will ever make up for the good she did for me. I will be spending my life honoring her memory and what she represented as a person.
Anyway, so one of the activities we loved doing together was watching Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. She always got a kick out of me answering the clues or guessing the puzzles, depending on the game show. Hell, we watched The Price is Right, when Bob Barker was still hosting. She would laugh when I guessed the puzzles on Wheel of Fortune before the contestants did and I'd say "Where's my money? I got it before they did." I'm smiling now just thinking about all that time that we shared.
Game shows have a deep place in my heart, because my grandmother and I used to love watching them. We would love watching Deal or No Deal. The models would enter whatever dresses they were wearing that night, and we would comment on them. We were excited for the contestants what suitcases they would choose, and we would boo "The Banker." It was something we loved doing. And besides that game show, we would love to watch Are You Smarter that a 5th Grader and laugh at how stupid those people were. I'm sorry if you are reading this and you were a contestant on that game show and lost. You might not have been stupid, but you gotta admit, not everyone remembers when they were in 5th grade. We do tend to forget what we learn the further we get away from elementary school. Not everyone does, but it is what it is.
Grandma has had my back always. I miss her every day, and no matter what I do, nothing can erase the pain I feel from the grief of missing her. She was a classy lady and the world is darker without her in it. Thanks for reading. Much love, dearies.
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