This First Person piece is by Vaidehee Lanke, a University of Saskatchewan graduate studying at McGill University. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
It was a chilly winter morning in Montreal when I got the text.
“Betty is dying.”
Instantly, tears gathered in my eyes and, without regard for the fact that I was in a library, spilled over uncontrollably. I was about to lose another grandmother.
My grandmothers, Betty and Shobha, were one of my life’s greatest gifts. I like to think they would have been good friends if they had a chance to meet.
Shoba was one of the very first people to hold
