She will insist that she is 74 because that's her Chinese age (Chinese babies are born aged 1) and today is actually her Chinese birthday, which is the first day of Chinese New Year.
I don't think she has any idea what her english birth date actually is but anyway.. it makes it easier for us to remember her birthday..
My grandma is special.
She has never been to school, she cannot read and cannot write.
As kids we taught her how to read and recognise numbers.
Often, relatives will write their phone numbers down on her address book but it doesn't help as the poor woman can't recognise all numbers!
Haha...
I don't think many people have grandparents who are illiterate, my other 3 grandparents could read and write.
Yet, this illiterate grandmother is the one person who played the most important role in my cousins' and my life. She became the center of our universe without even realising it.
Today, we have all left her nest but I don't think a day goes by where we don't think of her.
She might not have taught us how to read or write, but she taught us how to love without putting conditions on us to love her back and for that I am forever grateful.
I often sit and wonder how I am going to tell Poppy and Jake about their wonderful great grandparents, how they gave me the best start in life which is so different to the life they are going to have..
I only hope P & J will get to meet them and maybe know them like I got the chance to.
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