Yesterday the brightest light I’ve ever known went out. The world famous Grandma May Fung Lee passed away peacefully at home, at the age of 105, surrounded by family. She loved many and was loved by more.
Thank you to all of her “fans,” she got such a kick knowing you all followed her every move.
She is deeply missed and life won’t be the same without her.
-Kristina
It’s close to dinnertime. I hear my grandma making a ruckus in the kitchen. I go down to assess the situation. She’s got a bowl of Cheetos in front of her and she’s munching away.
Me: Really? It’s almost dinner? And you’ve chosen to eat shit instead of the dinner I’ve cooked for you?
Grandma: Sometimes it feels good to eat shit! Go Shit! (in Yiddish).
And now I realized where I got the mouth I have…..
I never thought the day would come when I sprinkled #prawn #spawn on some noodles. -Kristina
Grandmammy!
I think Grandma likes the haricots verts I made tonight; she’s eating them like twizzlers.
-Kristina
Granny advice even in Philadelphia.
-Kristina
The only thing we like better than Grandmas, are one-woman shows about Grandmas!
Check out Bubby’s Kitchen, from our good friend, Shira Ginsberg. You won’t be disappointed, though your Grandma might…
Kevin Durant’s grandma congratulates him on the Oklahoma City Thunder’s win…and tells him what’s what!
-Kristina
You should buy more “cowboy pants.”
- Grandma telling me to buy some jeans.
Grandma and I were walking back from services when I saw a big, almost-full moon shining brightly down on 2nd Ave. When I pointed out the moon to Grandma, she looked up at it and got excited. She said, “Wow! Beautiful! But after all, the moon knows my birthday is next week so it had to say come and out say hello.”
-Robert
Grandma’s getting down!!!
-Kristina
Grandma is teaching us the word for stripping and talking about how people in Las Vegas do it.
-Kristina
We recently found someone to spend time during the day with Grandma to help her around the house. Grandma was worried that they wouldn’t have anything to do or talk about, so I bought a chess set for them and Grandma is teaching her new friend to play.
Grandma was a middle school math teacher for many years in New York City, and was a brilliant chess player. When I was 10 I came for a visit and we would play. In one match we had this exchange after one of my moves:
Grandma: Darling, you don’t want to move there.
Me: Why not? You can’t take my piece if I move it there.
Grandma: That’s right, I can’t take that piece now. But if you move there, I’ll take your Queen five moves from now…
Not that I’m such a great player, but I’ve never even come close to beating her. We played a few weeks ago and Grandma beat me soundly, humming the whole time. The only way I knew I made one good move is that she stopped humming momentarily after my move, considered the board, and then made her next move and started humming again.
So I mentioned at friday night services to a couple of people that Grandma had been playing chess again. The President came over to Grandma to talk about chess.
President: Fay, I hear you’re playing chess. If it’s ok, I’d love to come over and play sometime.
Grandma: Oh, I haven’t played in forever…
Me: Grandma! You’ve been playing the whole week! Are you hustling right now?!
Grandma (with a slight smirk and a shrug): Well…
-Robert
This year I am most thankful for another Thanksgiving with this little lady. I love her very much!
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with those you hold near and dear.
-Kristina
Grandma and her good friend Kitty watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade!
-Kristina
