“On Christmas Morning After We Had Opened All The Gifts, Travis Said He Had One More Big Gift For Me. I Was A Little Confused On Why He Had Gotten Me A Barstool But Once I Sat Down And Looked At Him, I Immediately Knew What Was Happening. He Later Told Me That The Stool Is From The Bar We Met”

It's the wife's grandmother that passed away. Not her mother.
Or in other words; the wife is not the grandmother's child but her grandchild.
maths is hard
Valerie,
reading is hard..