My grandmother, I call her Baba. She is an amazing woman who came over with my grandfather from Denmark with very little in their pockets and 2 small kids to support. My grandfather was going to come for a job but by the time they got off the boat and made it to Detroit the man who was to give the job passed away. Instead of turning around and going home they decided to try to make a go of it here. She cleaned houses, worked as a janitor in a hospital and eventually became a nurse after going to college. She didn't even know english when she came here!
She has always been in inspiration to me because no matter what she seems to always, very calmly, come out on top. She just recently lost my grandfather after 62 years of marriage and is probably the most composed <at least in public> widow I have ever met. I admire her...