Monster Mom

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Know what’s odd? Seeing a monster movie this weekend also was weirdly an homage to Grandma.

 

I never got to see the best side of her. That side went away before I got very old. Instead, I saw the part of her that was left when the cool part faded—but I found out about it through Dad’s stories of his childhood. And one thing I heard a lot about was Grandma’s love of crazy stories.

 

If you were to meet Dad, you would get the impression of a pleasant, quiet man with quiet interests. You would never imagine that he’s the kind of guy who gleefully watches creature features, or reminisces about Thursday-night Star Trek with his mother. We’ve watched quite a few monster movies on AMC, and I’m always surprised when he wants to go see something like Transformers or explains how Alien is a magnificent movie. But I also think of Dad whenever I watch a good goofy movie.  And I think of where he got that love from—Grandma, and her tendency to scare the pants off her nine-year-old son by taking him to such classics as The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.

 

And I think that’s part of what passed it on to me.

 

Thanks for that, Grandma. And I mean it.