i love my grandma iris and today is the anniversary of her death and i love you and thank you and hope you and your irises live as forever as possible and desirable

glad to be able to share this joyful installment of the iris archives!

dear friends, family, fans, folks,

i’m grateful.
thank you for being here.
today is the 3-year anniversary of my grandma’s death.
so, instead of the usual jokes, i thought i’d share here what i wrote on that day.
there may be some jokes, but not the usual ones. UNusual ones.
thank you for receiving.
i’m grateful.

my grandmother iris died this morning.

she was 91, and had been diagnosed with "having a 90-year-old body," which i said means she was in good shape for her age.

(if you've already heard me say that, then it's an homage to her, because she would sometimes say the same things over and over. also i'm a comedian, and my job is often to say the same things over and over.)

i spoke to her on the phone last night. we laughed. she said some things that made sense, and some things that didn't. like usual. we said "i love you."

she was so funny and so herself. she had a sign up in her home's entryway that said "be nice or get out." she left comments on so many of my facebook posts. she taught me to play scrabble in person, back when that was a thing. she loved me so much, and i her.

she left a note to my mother and me saying "i hope i'm not being too much trouble." the note ended with "now get on with your lives. remember i always love you. cry and get it over with." (my mom adds that she didn't say "and that's an order." but it certainly was implied.)

thanks for reading, and for being here. i'll probably share more thoughts and memories and jokes and things moving forward. also, do you have any grandparent stories that you like? please share any you have about iris, or your iris, if you like.

i love you all.

and that’s what i wrote that day.
thank you for receiving it here on this day.
much love to you and your irises and all!