After giving her a complete physical, his diagnosis was grim. She made an appointment with a cardiologist in Savannah and drove all the way there to see him. He might just take it upon himself to tell Carrie about her illness. Lola didn’t tell anyone about her problem, and she didn’t see her regular doctor in Sheldon Beach because she didn’t trust him to keep quiet about his findings. She could barely get the icing on the child’s birthday cake without having to sit down and rest a spell. The day Avery turned five, Lola began having chest pains. She hadn’t become a mother until she was almost old enough to begin the change of life, and she was an old, tired woman now. The previous years with Jilly had taken their toll on Grandma Lola, however. Carrie even learned to laugh again, and for five wonderful years, life was very nearly idyllic. The household, which had once been in a constant uproar, was now peaceful. The atmosphere on Barnett Street was vastly different after Jilly left home. The three generations of females lived quietly and modestly in a two-story frame house on Barnett Street just two blocks from the city square in Sheldon Beach, Florida. With your steady strength, your quiet grace,ĪVERY ELIZABETH DELANEY’S MOTHER WAS A FRICKIN’ maniac.įortunately her mother, Jilly, left for parts unknown just three days after Avery was born.Īvery was raised by her grandmother Lola and her aunt Carrie. Wahlstedt Murphy, my sister and my friend.
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