She had a plan that would get the ten dollars for her grandmother and make the young man happy.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

He never returned. But many nights Sylvie heard the sound of his whistle as she came home with her grandmother's cow.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

When my mother and grandmother told the story of our births, it was mostly of how Caroline had refused to breathe.

VOA: special.2009.02.14

It was already eight o'clock and Sylvie wondered if her grandmother would be angry with her for being so late.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

The child hurried the cow through the dark forest, following a narrow path that led to her grandmother's home.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

That night Sylvie's dreams were full of all the wonderful things she and her grandmother could buy for ten dollars.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

But his middle name is Miles which is my mother's maiden name." "Elizabeth is named after my grandmother.

VOA: special.2009.07.06

When they reached her, the stranger put down his gun and explained his problem to Sylvie's smiling grandmother.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

She wrote "I Must Be Saved" to honor the folk singer Odetta whom Peyroux calls her spiritual grandmother.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

When he was sick, his grandmother dressed him in white clothes she thought would help him avoid death.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

He would tell Lucille interesting stories about her ancestors, especially the one named Lucille who was his grandmother.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

her grandmother said proudly. "She knows the forest so well, the wild animals come and eat bread right out of her hands."

VOA: special.2010.04.03

She left high school early to care for her sick grandmother, then to care for her mother.

VOA: special.2009.03.08

But the writer says it was his grandmother who really got him interested in this subject.

VOA: special.2009.10.12

Both her grandmother and the young man stood up as she came into the kitchen.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

John's grandmother gave him his first musical instrument when he was seven years old.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Every evening Sylvie left her grandmother's house at five-thirty to bring their cow home.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

She could see her grandmother standing near the door of the farm house.

VOA: special.2010.04.03

Her grandmother was a social worker and an activist for women's voting rights.

VOA: special.2010.05.14

Her grandmother once said that Celia could sing before she could talk.

VOA: special.2009.04.19