And We Continue With the Weird Name Authors

This next story is by Eudora Welty, and is titled A Worn Path.  I've noticed from reading other people's blogs that this one wasn't exactly the favorite of the week, but I think it takes a lot of heat.  Sure it was a little too long for the message it was driving home, but all that boring descriptive stuff is necessary to get the point across.  The story was about an old woman's devotion to her grandson, and the measures that she takes (has taken, and will continue to take) in order to keep him healthy.  She is self-described as uneducated, yet she is able to make a journey that a strapping young hunter claims to be too much even for himself.  Her love for her grandson is intense, and although we don't realize that's why she makes this journey until the end, in retrospect we see that all the obstacles she faced must have been overcome with the thought of the boy always in her mind, the crazy old woman talking to herself was just a coping mechanism.  She steals from a hunter, which is kind of cool, and we don't really feel bad for him because he points a gun to her head to try and get a reaction.  The one thing I'm confused about is why everyone called her Grandma.  She's not your Granny.