The issue here is the poor translation between the real life Ruth Johnston who lived next door and who sat Lynn’s kids when she was on vacation and her avatar Gramma Carrie who lives far away in Winnipeg and only visits every 7 years. Ruth could leave clothes there if she was sleeping over often.
All the graduations. All the weddings. All the births. The funny part is that Gramma Carrie and Grampa Will were based on the Johnston in-laws, Ruth and Tom, who lived next door to Lynn Johnston and did not miss any of those things in real life.
I was crying over Farley last week. I hope that the characters in the comic strip will get around to it, so I hope for water bowls and blankets in their future. Of course, if John comes in the house and does not trip over Farley sleeping by the front door and remembers why he didn’t trip, that could possibly work too.
I suspect killing off Carrie would have carry no emotional weight with the readers. She is barely in this comic strip and until recently, it had been 7 years since appeared in the comic strip.
More old woman speak from Lynn Johnston with the “Dear me.”