Grandma Lyuba — Enlightened Leader

Grandmother lived in the entrance of our house. Grandma Luba. She was 97 years old. A sweet, pleasant old woman, always in a good mood, smiling and friendly. For me, she is an Enlightened Leader. Calmly! I’m out of my mind, and did not fall on my face when I saw her sitting on a bench near the entrance. Let me explain why I think so.

First, grandmother Lyuba decorated the window sills on our floor in our entrance with flower pots. Beautiful. The next day, the brightest flowers, those with buds, were stolen, and nimble merchants with pots of grandmother’s flowers could be seen near the metro. The neighbors decided to put a lock and intercom on the front door. And she hung frames with great sayings on the walls, awakening the conscience and acting like commandments. And again put the flowers on the windowsill. Cosy.

Noisy teenagers began to penetrate into the entrance. Grandma Lyuba came out and… offered them water or tea. They laughed for a long time. The flowers were cut off and the frames turned over.

The next day, she re-arranged the flowers, restored the frames and placed the books on the windowsill. Classics. The teenagers have arrived. Noisy, noisy. She came out and … offered them tea with her buns, appetizing and delicious smelling. The guys couldn’t refuse. They even took books with them with the promise to read them. They did not touch the flowers, the frames too.

The next day, she brought out a plastic water bottle so that anyone who decided to take care of the flowers could water. And… new books. Teenagers came in the evening, poured water on each other, laughed and clamored. Grandmother came out to them again and offered tea, buns, took the bottle, filled it with water and asked them to water the flowers.

The guys began to come to the entrance every day, the neighbors were indignant, they even somehow called the police, but the grandmother said that it was supposedly her, her students came for books, handed out books to confused teenagers in front of the policemen and saw off the police “With God!”

There was a bookcase in the hallway. And next to the announcement: “Please! If you have interesting and important books at home that you have already read, please share! Please! And those who took it to read, please return it for those who may also need it and it is important!” The closet was filled with books. Flowers appeared on the windowsills on all floors. Beautiful frames with quotes too. Every evening, the front door to the entrance was left open. In the evening one could see teenagers reading books on the stairs. Grandmother put some lanterns on the windowsill to make it easier for them to read. The children were sitting in the entrance with the flashlights on, and it was brighter than usual.

Grandma died. On the ground floor of our house, a Club for children and teenagers was opened. With a library and flowers on the windowsills. The symbol of the Club is a flashlight…