When you hear the word “grandparents”, what comes into your

mind?

For me, it’s someone who loves their grandchildren

unconditionally. And they just want to GIVE all the time. There’s some truth to

the phrase “If Mom and Dad say no, go ask Grandma!”.

“Grandma” brings up an image of an older woman, in the

kitchen baking cookies. “Grandpa” means the old man out in the garage,

tinkering with the lawn mower and having me “help” by handing him a wrench or a

screwdriver.

But those are just stereotypes. And sometimes real life

doesn’t match up with the way we commonly think of how grandparents are

supposed to be.

As a little girl, Gwen saw her grandparents all the time.

And she knew her grandpa could sometimes be a not very nice person.

Then one day, Gwen’s grandma decided she’d had enough.

Content warning: this episode includes discussion of gun

violence.

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