She was wet the day she taught me to plant marigoldsākneeling in mud after a spring storm, seeds pinched between her thumb and a lifetime of calluses. She was wet the day my father leftāstanding in the driveway with no umbrella, rain melting her hair into gray vines, watching his taillights blur into the distance. She never went inside until the last red dot vanished. āGrandma, youāre wet,ā I whispered from the porch. āI know,ā she said. āLet it be.ā
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Later, in the hospital, they wrapped her hands in cool cloths. Her skin was thin as old paper, but her eyes were still the sameāthe ones that had watched floods and droughts, dishwater and tears, baptismal fonts and garden hoses. I took her hand. It was damp. āGrandma,ā I said, older now, voice cracked. āYouāre wet.ā She turned her head slowly, that same crinkly laugh barely a breath. āFinally,ā she whispered. āSomeone noticed.ā She was wet the day she taught me
The first time I noticed Grandma was wet, I was seven. She stood at the kitchen sink, sleeves rolled past her elbows, hands buried in soapy water. Rivulets ran down her forearms like tiny, determined rivers. āGrandma,ā I said, tugging her apron. āYouāre wet.ā She laughedāa low, crinkly sound, like dry leaves skittering across concrete. āChild, Iāve been wet since 1962. Itās called living.ā āGrandma, youāre wet,ā I whispered from the porch
She left that night. But I still feel herāin the steam of a hot bath, in the mist off a lake at dawn, in the sudden rain that comes when you least expect it. Grandma, youāre wet. And Iām finally learning to be, too.
I didnāt understand then. I understand now.