November 16, 2011
I heard the familiar clank of Grandma’s cane slapping against the concrete hallway floor all the way from the living room couch. She burst through my parents’ perpetually unlocked apartment door, and with little regard as to who was in the room, she dug into her bag and yanked out a birthday card and a plastic sack of about 500 NYC-brand condoms and tossed it on my lap.