“Hey, Grandma! I didn’t know you were in town!” It was grandson Ed’s voice; his figure blurred in motion as he bounded across the lawn.“How are you, dear”? She asked, accepting a kiss and giving one in return. “Have you decided what to do with yourself after you graduate?”Ed knelt down, putting himself at Grandma’s eye-level. “I, um, got myself a steady job, Gramm,” he said, looking everywhere except at his grandmother. He felt her thin hand go limp, and knew that she knew the truth. “you did it,” she accused him. “You actually did it.” She had been defeated; her grandson had enlisted.