Grandma, my sweet sweet 93 year old lady. how time has taken your memory and i wish you could remember singing to me on your lap that i was grandmas "bitsy girl". i wish you could remember taking care of us, every morning before school and every afternoon after school and all summer in between. i wish you could remember long games of UNO, orange cream soda floats and licking the dasher of the freshly homemade ice cream on a hot summers day. i wish you could remember your non-stop blowing of a whistle to get us to come inside from a long morning of playing outside around the neighborhood. i wish you could remember picking strawberries from the garden for us and giving us a big bowl of sugar to dip them into. you were so good at giving us sugar.
i miss the smell of your freshly baked bread...and the taste of your best spaghetti sauce in the world...and apple butter...oh i loved your homemade apple butter - i will never forget the sweet buttery taste that no one else's can match up to. there's so much i miss about you. you're still here - but you're so far away, physically and mentally. and my memories of you are still fresh in my mind as though it was just yesterday that i was sitting out back with you in the shade of the huge 70's multi-colored umbrella on a hot day, trimming big beautiful fresh green beans.
i'm sorry you lost your house - the only house i ever knew you and grandpa in, the house you 2 had so many memories in. i'm sorry the doc told you not to drive anymore because of a "secret" crash into the neighbor's fence. i wish there was something i could do for your short-term to come back. i miss who you once were and love who you are. things, scenery and surroundings are changing but my love for you and our past together will never die.
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my love.. this is beautiful
Erica, you have touched my heart and made me cry, you are such a sweet grandaughter...jenn
Erica, you know I am from the generation before you. I also miss my grandma. I had the pleasure of getting to see her just before Christmas. She did remember me and I am glad for that. I can not believe how blessed our families are because of the legacy that gma and gpa established so long ago. How "rich" are we because of them and their faith and committment to Jesus. I remember things too. I always knew that they would do for us what they could. I just hope that as my kids grow and have kids that I can be as good of a grandparent as they were to us. That is a tall order. It is becoming more of a reality because this year Taylor graduates from H.S. I can not believe that 18 plus years has gone by so fast. It makes even more aware of how important it is for us as parents to make and keep the necessary contacts. Kids do not think about relationships until sometimes it is too late. I just pray that I will be able to step up to the plate and keep those lines and memories going. I had better go. Nice to read your comments about gma. I too miss who she was but love who she is. Talk to you sometime David
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