My Grammie

It has taken me awhile to write about this.  Its just been a little rough for me.

My grandmother on my mom's side passed away 4/22, early in the morning.   Family was with her the whole day before and my aunt Elaine was with her at the time.  She had a rough past few months health-wise and emotionally.  I didn't write about it before but my aunt Susan died unexpectedly back in December.  I can only imagine how hard that was on my grandmother.

I'm so happy that I got to visit with her when I went up to visit in January.  Christina and I visited with her two times while I was there, then because I'm an idiot and messed up on my ticket, I went back to see her with my mother before I left.  She was so happy when I told her that Bliss and I were going to have a baby.  It would have been her 6th great grandchild by blood and 8th including by marriage.  She had 10 children and 14 grand children.  Its crazy to think about how from two people that feel in love, in just 50 some odd years, 30 new lives have been made! 

She was SO knowledgeable.  She could talk to you about any subject, in depth.  I used to call her when writing papers to get more information.  She read ALL the time.  Books upon books.  For awhile she lived right next to the library so she was right in heaven there.  Also, she had done tons of research on our family's past and had compiled so much information about our genealogy.  It was always interesting to talk to her about our past and what kinds of crazies we're related to.

I wasn't able to go up for her memorial service.  I really wish I could have, but it just didn't work out.  I know Grammie would understand.  The visits that I had with her when I was up there were good visits and going up there for the service wouldn't have changed anything.

She is going to be missed by a lot of people that loved her tons.  She lived a long, full life and I hope that my life will as full of love as hers was.