A Grand Introduction

(My parents and I are picking up my half-brother from his grandparents in Florida. I’ve never had grandfathers as they both passed away before I was born. My half-brother’s grandfather is a gigantic man with a serious face, and sometimes intimidates even my mother. I have social anxiety and am four years old.)

Me: *staring up at my half-brother’s grandfather*

Grandfather: *stares down at me*

Mom: “Oh, don’t do that. You’ll scare her!”

Grandfather: “She doesn’t look very scared to me…”

Me: *looks around at everyone* “Why does big brother get to have a grandfather?! I don’t have a grandfather!” *walks up to my half-brother’s grandfather* “Will you be my grandfather?”

Grandfather: *slowly smiles* “Yes. Yes, I will.”

(And that’s how I finally got a grandfather.)

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