The Passage of Time
Figuring out what tense to use when talking about my grandma is always hard for me. The rules of time dictate I refer to her in the past tense. It's been more than a year and I still feel forced to accept her passing. I know she's in a better place now. I know her last few years were hard, and her final moments even harder. I selfishly refuse to acknowledge she's not in Taiwan anymore for me to barge in and yell, "I'm back, waipo!" at any time. I still don't know how to talk about her in the way I think she deserves.