My grandmother is so old no one knows how old she is Not me not my big sister Dawb not our older cousin Lei My father waits patiently when we try to guess her age He is my grandma’s ninth and youngest child and even he does not know how old she is
We know that my grandma was born on the other side of the world across a wide ocean My grandma came from a time and a place where creatures lurked in the jungles waiting to chase unwary children She told us that she once looked into the gleaming eyes of a tiger and felt its hot breath on her face
