Table of Contents
My Four Grandparents 1
Hiding from My Favorite People on Earth 5
Sister Love and Sister Strife 11
A Letter from Ganny on Barbara's and My Birthday 25
Do Not Speak to Me of "Balance" 27
The Wrong Movie 33
Out There on the Water 39
Henry's Letter to Gampy 47
The Opposite of Fear Is Love 51
Times I Have Cried (a Partial List) 63
Gentle Protection 67
A Letter from Jenna and Barbara to Sasha and Malta 77
"To Thine Own Self Be True" 83
Comfort Care 91
Mirror, Mirror 103
The Greatest Gift 111
"I Know You Miss Them, Too" 117
Summer Rain 125
"Poor Henry" 131
My Girls as Sisters 137
The Stone Ring 143
Dreams of My Mother 149
"Every Woman Gets Her Baby in Her Time" 157
"I Learned a Lot from Our Lunch" 165
Harold 181
April Showers Bring May Fog 189
Saying Goodbye to Grammee Jenna 197
Happy Birthday, Ganny 209
Father's Day in Maine 213
Walking to the Gate 221
Acknowledgments 227