09/27/2025
This was my main focus this trip.
Going to see the Buckingham Fountain at Grant Park.
It has been closed the last 3 times I’ve come to Chicago.
I grew up w/my grandparents watching “Married w/Children”.
I knew I wasn’t supposed to watch it because even I understood it was a naughty show but I have lots of wholesome memories hearing my grandpa Leo’s loud belly laughs and my grandma Mimi’s laughter to the point of tears.
This famous fountain is part of the opening sequence.
My grandpa died suddenly when I was a teen and my grandma was taken by Covid.
She had a phone call w/me the day before she was beyond proud of me and wanted me to know she loved me greatly.
I was not her blood granddaughter but by marriage I was her 1st.
It’s been several years and my grandmother has never been given a proper burial service nor do her ashes rest anywhere peacefully.
It angers me that she sits in a closet like she never mattered.
She would be heartbroken at how I’ve been rejected and abandoned by her son and no longer talk to my mom or my brothers.
She always knew I was treated unfairly.
Grandma Mimi I miss you dearly and this was my closure to put you at rest in my heart. ❤️
