What an emotional weekend this has been! I teach in Relief Society (the women's class in church) and the lesson this week was on the Plan of Salvation (or after-life). I was very teary as I told the women of my grandmother - my only grand parent left and the one I knew best. She has recently been at an assisted living facility but due to her recent decline in health, was to move back to my parent's home to live out her last days.
I remember when she lived just across the street when I was young and I would visit her and loved to look at all the little ceramic and glass trinkets and animals she loved to have on display. Later, after my marriage, I worked close to where she lived and I visited a few times during my lunch hour. I was always amazed at the colorful furniture she had! And more recent, when she lived with my parents and pretty much kept to the one room set aside for her. She loved to read - my mother was always trying to keep good books on hand for her.
Well, this morning, my mother called me with the news that my grandmother has left this life and continued to the eternities. I cried.
I will miss her deeply. I loved the way she talked. I loved the way her kisses were always a little wet. I loved her fingernails and wished that they could have been passed down to my genes, but alas, I wasn't that fortunate. I loved that she was always happy and loved to talk about all the goings-on of her family. I loved that she made me feel loved when I was with her.
I am sad that I wasn't able to see her before she left us. But I can imagine her in heaven -- keeping busy with all there is to do there.
Love you Grandma!!
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We will all miss her, she was one of a kind who knew who everyone was!
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