This is the Moth Radio Hour.
I'm your host, Jodie Powell.
In my home, there's a photo of my grandmother, a beautiful,
kind woman from the hills of Jamaica whose strength has shaped my entire life.
She's my definition of a legend.
And she reminds me that legends aren't just found in history books or on giant screens.
They're right here, in our families, or neighborhoods, or classrooms, and in our communities.
In this show, we're hearing stories from and about legends.
Our first story comes from Caroline Connolly.
Caroline told this at a Grand Slam at the Town Hall in Boston where WBUR is our radio partner.
Here's Caroline.
I spent the summer of my freshman year in college living with my then 75-year-old grandmother in Boca Raton,
Florida.
If you don't know Boca Raton, it is a place with a lot of 75 year olds.
That's what my grandmother told me when I called to ask
if I could stay with her while I was interning at a company nearby.
Now,
my grandmother goes by Lala in our family because we couldn't pronounce Abuela when we were little.
And she is the ultimate Cuban matriarch,
a fourth grade teacher who raised four kids, some of her nine grandkids,