“Aug 23rd was the 100th anniversary of my grandmother (Agnes [Barkley] Cole’s) birthday. I always admired her for her strength and contagious laugh and I miss her to this day. I often called her on (call day) Sunday when I called my far away family and she loved hearing from her grandson. She always had a cheery greeting and something positive to say. It’s been twenty years since I heard that laugh in person but it still rings in my ears when I think of her.”