Debra Lally

I liked that.

Why it's chorus.

Chorus.

And other clubs with names I do not understand.

Okay, I'm glad you don't understand either.

She went on to meet her husband and have four children.

Gigi said she didn't always see eye to eye with her mother, but Mimi didn't put up with anyone's nonsense.

Hell nah.

She encouraged Gigi not to marry young, but rather go to school and make her own money.

This led my grandmother into a lifelong career in teaching, a gift she uses whenever she gets the chance.

Aww.

I had such an out-of-body experience hearing about Mimi.

It never felt like a mere coincidence that my child's imaginary friend also had the nickname of my late great grandmother, who happened to only be around during one of the darkest periods of my life.

I still have never met anyone or heard of my child knowing anyone with that name.

This conversation was so upsetting that it took me years to even tell anyone.

And I still can't share this story without getting very emotional.

On top of that, this experience never qualified as a tell me about yourself without sounding batshit crazy kind of thing.

So thank you for having a weirdo platform to share this.

Of course.

The most unnerving part of all of this is that Gigi is my mother's mother, so having any discussion about mothers, let alone my mother, was taboo or upsetting.