"Granny, you're getting smaller!" I whispered in surprise. "Well," said Granny, and then nothing for a long time. From that moment on, something was constantly changing. When hanging up the laundry, Grandma now needs a stool to get on a leash. In her favorite ice cream parlor she needs a pillow to be able to look over the table at all. Her blue bowling shoes slip off her feet. When shopping, I now take over the potato tow and grandma wears the applesauce. And grandma looks at me and is pretty small, but also quite proud. Inka Pabst wrote a little story about saying goodbye, which goes to the heart and that you really want to pass on.

Inka Pabst studied dance and drama and has been on the boards representing the world for half her life as an actress and singer. As a writer or co-author she developed three plays and writes songs for her band LADY PEPPI & THE WOOZY WOOFS in German and English. "When Grandma got smaller and smaller" is her children's book debut. Inka Pabst lives with her husband and two sons in Berlin.