Grandma Lola Nicknames

Someone I have admired for a long time would be my grandma Lola. For as long as I can remember, grandma Lola has had the nickname “Lu”. Her kind brown eyes and bright smile make her seem like the kindest woman in the world, while short brown hair, which now has some strands of gray, fits her tanned face perfectly. When I picture grandma Lu in my mind, I can see her wearing a “life is good” shirt and a pair of Birkenstocks. Nicknames are a big deal in my family. One person can have so many nicknames with different stories behind them. When I was 3 years old, I was at my grandma’s house for Easter. No one could find me, but eventually my grandma Lu found me in a closet. She found me sitting with my Easter basket. I was eating all of the tootsie rolls I had, and tons of wrappers were surrounding me. To this day, my grandma Lu still calls me “Tootsie roll.”
Being 65 years old, Grandma Lu still loves going for walks and getting plenty of exercise. As a kid, my grandma would always take me to parks so I could have some fun, and still be getting exercise at the same time. The very first time she took me to the parks near her house, we named them. Years later, we still refer to
It all started when I would spend weekends with my grandparents in Fargo, before I would go to bed, grandma Lola would read to me in my room. One very specific book I can remember her reading to me is called Love Lola, and Lola would read it to me over and over again, but only because I would beg her to. As I became older she would give me books to read, and then one day she finally took me to her public library. Grandma Lu picked out a few books she thought I would be interested in, one being My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. Thanks to grandma Lu, Jodi is now one of my favorite authors, and I love to read willingly. Taking me to the library is something Lola always does when I visit