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Senior
Senior
Tish Clayton
Loving the
Unlovable
by Tinsley Drake
f there’s one thing I know, it is to Grandmother.” To me, she is known dearly and never imagined treating
respect your parents—especially as Grammy. them without kindness. The golden
Iwhen Grammy is around. rule, to treat others as you would
Although she is not my biological My Grammy has never tolerated want to be treated, was instilled
grandmother, Tish Clayton has unkindness in any form and has in her during her childhood. She
been a grandmother figure, mentor, truly taught me how to treat grew up “in the church” but did
and cheerleader my entire life. others well. Tish grew up in a not become “a believer” until later
My grandparents do not live in family with a lot of relatives who in her adult life, when she met
Lubbock, so Tish became what had disabilities and were labeled my Pop. He taught her not only
my parents call my “Lubbock “different” by society. Regardless about Christ, but also about how
of their differences, she loved them to trust and feel safe and content.
My Grammy and Pop have been
married for twenty years this
March.
I have gone on many excursions
with Tish, and one of my favorite
outings has been helping her groom
dogs. Tish loves dogs, so much so
that she has not only three dogs of
her own but also started her own
dog grooming business called Kiss
My Mutt. This business began
from a small dog grooming table
she purchased to groom her own
dogs. The business has now grown
to a fleet of three different mobile
trucks that groom dogs all around
Lubbock.
On multiple occasions, I have spent
the entire day helping her bathe
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