Paw-paw, when did you know that Grandma was the one for you? Was it love at first sight?" Ellie asked one day while we were watching TV. She still loves curling in my lap like when she was a little girl, only now her long, tan legs were draped over the edge of my easy chair. She was wearing a pair of hot pink short shorts with a black tank top and a pink bra with the bra straps showing. It seems that girls always have their bra straps showing these days; it never used to be like that.

"Was it love at first sight?" I repeated her question while I considered my answer. We'd had these discussions before but this seemed different, like maybe she was looking for advice rather than just a 'tell me about when you met Grandma' story. "I don't know about love at first sight," I answered, "but that first sight sure was memorable."