
Grandma was a worrier. She worried about everything. If she heard an ambulance, she worried if it was one of her grandchildren going to the hospital. If the phone rang, she worried if it was bad news. She worried if my brothers were going to be able to pay their bills and if they were going to stay out of jail.
It infuriated me that she worried so much. It was especially infuriating that she was spending all her money tryting to keep my brothers out of trouble and making herself sick worrying all the time. I used to tell her, "Grandma, you need to stop worrying. They'll never learn to take care of themselves if you keep doing it for them."
Yeah, I'm most like my grandmother. Who brought this to my attention? My daughter.