My 101-Year-Old Grandmother Hadn’t Left Bed in Two Years—Then She Came to My Daughter’s Birthday With a Locked Red Suitcase and Said, “Take Off Her Left Sock”

She threw frosting.

Her great-great-grandmother came despite being 101 and exhausted.

And yes, a red suitcase was opened.

That was part of the day.

Not all of it.

Years later, Emma asked me:

“Was Great-Grandma Margaret scared?”

“Yes.”