During our visit, we noticed she was mixing up words. She started referring to Muslims as Mormons. After 9/11, she told Jon and me how it was important for America to stop the radical Mormons because they had perpetrated the attacks on the Twin Towers.There was no way we could convince her of the difference. We’d just smile and not. “That’s right, Grandma, all the Mormons got together on September 11th and ran their bicycles into the Twin Towers!

During our visit, we noticed she was mixing up words. She started referring to Muslims as Mormons. After 9/11, she told Jon and me how it was important for America to stop the radical Mormons because they had perpetrated the attacks on the Twin Towers.There was no way we could convince her of the difference. We’d just smile and not. “That’s right, Grandma, all the Mormons got together on September 11th and ran their bicycles into the Twin Towers!

– Mollie Gross –

Confessions of a Military Wife

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