When I was little, I would lay in bed with Grandma Judy and try to count the ‘crinkles’ on her face -- there were too many to count. Grandma Judy bothered people to get their attention. She stood in front of the TV while you were watching a show and would get a laugh out of you getting pissed off about it.
Once, when Danny was six, he didn’t understand that Grandma Judy was joking around and he got so mad that he pushed her out of the way, causing her to fall down and hurt herself. Grandma Judy was really Jewish. She reminded me every day that I was Jewish too. Whenever I went down to Florida to visit, she would want to show me off to her ‘biddies’ and bring me to temple to meet her beloved Rabbi. Grandma Judy was part of The Red Hat Ladies. I loved dressing up in all of her fancy red headpieces.
Grandma Judy called me her ‘Shana Bubbie.' Grandma Judy would call me on my cell-phone almost every other day, just to check in and talk to me about her poker nights at temple. Grandma Judy refused to ever use a cane or walker, but she needed her hearing aids -- those were a necessity. My friends loved Grandma Judy.
Once, I recorded a video of me telling her that my school sold beer and marijuana. Her reaction was priceless. The video went viral. Although annoying and up everyone’s ass, Grandma Judy made everyone smile. Grandma Judy passed away a month ago. But that’s only one small detail, compared to her 89 years of life.
