[00:00.000] 作曲 : Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)[00:02.362]I was ten years old when my grandparents on my father's side[00:19.947]celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage[00:34.323]Our family piled into our tan '85 Aerostar[00:47.382](the same one that famously died on the way to[00:55.499]my younger sister's dance recital when the entire drive shaft[01:05.410]dropped out from underneath and shot[01:11.521]like a torpedo down the open highway)[01:24.579]and made the three-hour climb to Cadillac[01:32.111]There was a reception held at the local V.F.W. hall[01:50.449]where my grandfather was a member[02:00.088]I remember meeting a lot of strangers[02:14.079]whose names or faces were either immediately lost[02:24.084]or never registered at all,[02:31.285]and how they would all tell us how excited they were[02:41.787]to meet us[02:46.934]Do you know how two trees can grow together and become like one?[02:56.930]When my grandmother died, my grandfather died too[03:04.739]It took two whole years to convince his body to let him go