It wasn’t something I was ashamed of. I had had some dates, but I had never met anyone I trusted enough to take that step.
Interestingly, my father seemed more concerned about my behavior in the presence of a particular man.
My grandfather.
Grandpa George practically helped me raise myself.
When I was little, I followed him everywhere. Even as an adult, he hugged him, leaned on his shoulder while we watched television and sometimes joking, sitting on his lap for a photo, as I had since I was a child.
Dad didn’t like it.
“Emily, enough is enough,” he said.
I’d laugh.
“Dad, he’s Grandpa.”
“I know perfectly well who he is. Be careful with him.”
That phrase has always bothered me.
Be careful with him?
Years, he was kind, calm and probably the least intimidating
