Blogging Outloud

In the fall of 2004 I received a call from my friend.  She was with Doris "Granny D" Haddock, as she campainged for US Senate seat, and wanted to drop by my house.  They had been out all day and needed a place to rest.  

The request caught me by surprise.  I was very excited but totally unprepared for the visit, because when they arrived all I had in the fridge was leftover pizza and iced tea.  Granny D assured me, "If that's what you're going to have, then I'll have that too."  

So we sat in my living room eating the leftover pizza and sipping iced tea as she enterained my questions about her walk across the country.  She told me of the Alaskan village that she and her husband had adopted and saved.  She explained what it meant to be a "pilgrim" on a journey.  Then she asked to lay down for a bit.  After her brief nap she and her son Jim left for their next speaking engagement.  

Doris "Granny D" Haddock, died March 9th 2010 at her home surrounded by her family.  To me she epitomized the strong desire to make our world a place where we CAN live with integrity.



“When you are my age you will understand that the voice you must listen to is the small one inside.” -- Doris "Granny D" Haddock