She has to cross the woods (now turned into massive jungles and roamed by all kinds of creatures) , she does it at least once a week to see grandma. She might carry food or not, but she goes mainly to help her mom and put grandma to bed.
She arrives, plants a kiss on grandma's cheek as she's watching Television. Opens the fridge and gets her a cup of yogurt and another of rice pudding. As granny is having her light dinner, she prepares the bed, the nappies to change, switches the charged phone headset with the one used all day and sometimes gets a fresh glass of water on the bedside table.
When grandma is done with her little food, she wants to go to bed immediately to get her grandchild home as soon as possible. She fulfills grandma's wish, gets her the night's medicines and helps her up, gently holding her from under her arm as she leans on her walking aid. Then she slowly walks behind her praying that grandma wouldn't fall on the way to the bedroom because that would be a disaster she wouldn't know how to handle! She changes her, tucks her in, plugs the TV, switches on the night light and turns off the other lights then kisses grandma goodnight and locks the door. She counts the times she span the key, assures herself verbally that she locked the door and remembers she didn't turn the gas on so no need to go back in and double check.
The way back home takes 5 minutes but she has to cross a dark area. She secures her earphones, always grateful to the sound of Axl screaming in her ears and blocking the noise of the outside world away. That song she's been playing on repeat-one for weeks now seems to be her hideaway from insanity.
Photo credit: WPA poster by Kenneth Whitley, 1939.