Cole Escola

Yeah. And my grandmother and I shared a bedroom. And she taught me how to read. And yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. And my grandmother and I shared a bedroom. And she taught me how to read. And yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. And my grandmother and I shared a bedroom. And she taught me how to read. And yeah. Yeah.

Well, you said that you loved to hear your grandmother's stories. Yeah, yeah. What were some of your favorite stories that she would tell you?

Well, you said that you loved to hear your grandmother's stories. Yeah, yeah. What were some of your favorite stories that she would tell you?

Well, you said that you loved to hear your grandmother's stories. Yeah, yeah. What were some of your favorite stories that she would tell you?

She told this story a lot about her 10th birthday when she found out her dad had a stroke and died working in some sort of mine in Canada. And then there was also a story about how She really couldn't see. Her eyesight was really bad, but her family couldn't afford glasses. But then one day a doctor came to town and gave her a free pair of glasses. These aren't great stories.

She told this story a lot about her 10th birthday when she found out her dad had a stroke and died working in some sort of mine in Canada. And then there was also a story about how She really couldn't see. Her eyesight was really bad, but her family couldn't afford glasses. But then one day a doctor came to town and gave her a free pair of glasses. These aren't great stories.

She told this story a lot about her 10th birthday when she found out her dad had a stroke and died working in some sort of mine in Canada. And then there was also a story about how She really couldn't see. Her eyesight was really bad, but her family couldn't afford glasses. But then one day a doctor came to town and gave her a free pair of glasses. These aren't great stories.

It was always the way... that she told them and the details and the way she, you know, she disappeared into the story and the, in the telling of it, like, um, um, and I, you know, we didn't have a lot of money. We didn't have a lot of money. And mom made $3 a month, $3 a month, six kids and $3 a month. And the, the, just the seriousness. I mean, I'm laughing cause I'm just now realizing, um,

It was always the way... that she told them and the details and the way she, you know, she disappeared into the story and the, in the telling of it, like, um, um, and I, you know, we didn't have a lot of money. We didn't have a lot of money. And mom made $3 a month, $3 a month, six kids and $3 a month. And the, the, just the seriousness. I mean, I'm laughing cause I'm just now realizing, um,

It was always the way... that she told them and the details and the way she, you know, she disappeared into the story and the, in the telling of it, like, um, um, and I, you know, we didn't have a lot of money. We didn't have a lot of money. And mom made $3 a month, $3 a month, six kids and $3 a month. And the, the, just the seriousness. I mean, I'm laughing cause I'm just now realizing, um,

It was a cabaret act. I never put that together. That was my first exposure to cabaret, was hearing my grandmother with Alzheimer's retell me stories about her childhood in Alberta, Canada.

It was a cabaret act. I never put that together. That was my first exposure to cabaret, was hearing my grandmother with Alzheimer's retell me stories about her childhood in Alberta, Canada.

It was a cabaret act. I never put that together. That was my first exposure to cabaret, was hearing my grandmother with Alzheimer's retell me stories about her childhood in Alberta, Canada.

Well, I read that you used to stay at home on Mondays because on Mondays your grandmother would have lunch with her friends and you really wanted to hang out with them.

Well, I read that you used to stay at home on Mondays because on Mondays your grandmother would have lunch with her friends and you really wanted to hang out with them.

Well, I read that you used to stay at home on Mondays because on Mondays your grandmother would have lunch with her friends and you really wanted to hang out with them.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I would go to lunch with them. I don't know why my mom – I'm sure she knew. I mean it was literally every Monday of second grade that I would say, I'm sick. I need to go to grandma's. And we would go to this burger joint or the diner with my grandma, Irene, and her friends, Ruby, Grace, and Shirley.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I would go to lunch with them. I don't know why my mom – I'm sure she knew. I mean it was literally every Monday of second grade that I would say, I'm sick. I need to go to grandma's. And we would go to this burger joint or the diner with my grandma, Irene, and her friends, Ruby, Grace, and Shirley.