Idella Anderson, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/idella-anderson/ A Home for Black Women Writers Wed, 15 Jul 2020 15:35:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://i0.wp.com/www.midnightandindigo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/unnamed-file.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Idella Anderson, Author at midnight & indigo https://www.midnightandindigo.com/author/idella-anderson/ 32 32 153713158 Namesake https://www.midnightandindigo.com/my-late-grandmother/ Wed, 15 Jul 2020 04:00:00 +0000 https://www.midnightandindigo.com/?p=77159 I climbed the stairs to Aunt Tee’s apartment. The hallway was dark but the semi-opened blinds let in a hint of sunlight on the second-floor landing. The burgundy carpet was clean, other than a tennis ball-sized stain in front of the door where my dad’s foot rested. He stood in front of the door and knocked. There was no answer. He was about to do it again but the door flung open. It was Aunt Tee. She told us to come on in, and hugged us both like she hadn’t seen us just a week ago. It had become our

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