If I could take anyone I want on a dinner date, I would definitely choose my great-grandmother, Juraci. Since I was a kid, I heard so much about her, but I didn’t have the opportunity to know her since she died of cancer when my mom was only 16. It is funny because even though I never met her I feel like we know each other from all of the stories people tell me about her.
We would have dinner at her house in Ponte Nova where she used to live, and we would make dinner. My mom always tells me how they used to cook together so it would be a great occasion for us to do this. I would ask her to teach me how to do one of the dishes that she is so famous for in the family.
I would sit there the whole time just listening to her telling me stories about her childhood, the guys she dated, her parents, her husband and her kids. I would want to know all about how life was like when she was a kid, who she hung out with and what she do during her free time.
I would ask her about the rings she left for me and my mom as inheritance and the meaning of the different drawings on them.
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