Grandma"s house has always been the narrator"s favorite place. On her way to visit Grandma, she plucks daisies and sunflowers, and best of all, purple flowers--Grandma"s favorites. Whenever Grandma sees the purple flowers, her smile grows wide--like the Mississippi River. One winter day Grandma is too tired to bake, but she rubs her grandchild"s back gently and ties a ribbon that unraveled in her hair. Later that night, Grandma passes away, and all winter long, the young girl is sad, missing her grandmother terribly. When spring finally arrives, and flowers begin to shoot up from the ground, the girl discovers her own special way to accept her grandmother"s death and keep Grandma with her always. In this moving story, author/illustrator, Adjoa J. Burrowes deals sensitively with the difficult experience of death, and tells a moving story that celebrates the triumph of hope and spirit during a difficult time.