She's ninety years old, has exquisite taste, and is extremely wise. I never had a true grandmother-grandaughter relationship with her, but have always respected her greatly. 'The Room of Roses' is always closed. She never spends time in it, but on this particular day, she yearned to live it, be at one with it. The essence of my grandmother is in that room. As a child I wanted to spend as much time as I could in there.