Not Me

Not Me

Acrylic on Old Kitchen Cabinet

My grandmother was a smoker most of her life but always “hid” it from most in fear of getting in trouble. Despite her attempts to hide this, everyone knew she did. She would smoke around me and my siblings but we could never tell anyone, especially Grandpa. I always thought she was kind of badass for having this dirty little “secret”. There are many hilarious stories of revolving around Grazie and her smoking habit. Perhaps one of the funniest involves my sister Maggie who was around 14 at time. During a Sunday dinner, she stood in the kitchen with Grazie and an aunt of ours. They lit up their cigarettes, then heard PJ approaching. In a panic they both stuck their cigarettes in Maggie’s hands.