Susan Senator

In this unusual November, where leaves stayed on the trees halfway into the month, a week ago we wore tee shirts but today there will be snow, my (extended) family has experienced a birth and a death. On November 6, my nephew Willy was born, a beautiful squishy sweetheart of a boy. Ned’s sister Sarai is a (first-time) Mommy of this wonderful new life (she and Ed were married 2 1/2 years ago). They seem to be doing well (enough), and at the time that I have written this I did not find out if I can post pictures.

And yesterday, Ned lost his 97-year-old grandmother, Victoria Marcus Olds. Ned is named for her (his middle name is Marcus, which is her maiden name). Grandma O was quite a dear person, lively and bright, warm and loving. She felt like a grandma to me right away; she was very easy to be with and she really cared about what each and every one of us was doing/thinking/working on. She is known for how she would ask us question after question. I always loved that about her, and I will really miss her. Ned wrote a beautiful piece about her last night that really says it all. Good-bye, Vic.