The world lost an amazing woman this week.
My sweet grandmother
left this life the morning of Saturday, October 3.
My sweet grandmother
left this life the morning of Saturday, October 3.
My heart is full of gratitude for the goodness she brought to my life and to the lives of each person she knew.
We had a close relationship. As my mother's mother, she was the strongest connection I had to her memory. She was always so open about sharing what my mother would wish in certain situations and was great at keeping her memory alive for me and my brothers and sister.
Grandma didn't sweat the "small stuff"... she celebrated it. She had the ability to find joy in anything - no matter how simple. My mind is filled with memories of days at the park singing on the swings; walks to the hill she would watch us roll down and run back up over and over again; so many Sunday dinners she put so much energy into; phone calls asking what the cutest thing was that Brayden did that day...
When I was a little girl (and I remember this conversation vividly) we made a pact that any time we saw a sunrise or sunset we would think of each other. From that pact until as recent as a few weeks ago, she would end each letter or conversation with "remember the sunrises and sunsets!" This will always be something very special to me, and every time I look at this big North Dakota sky I think of her.
I hope to one day have the purity of heart and the Christlike love for the people around me that Grandma had. She was a true lady ... always concerned with the well-being of others, always thinking of ways to make others happy. I will make an effort to be better at this - in her honor.
We had a close relationship. As my mother's mother, she was the strongest connection I had to her memory. She was always so open about sharing what my mother would wish in certain situations and was great at keeping her memory alive for me and my brothers and sister.
Grandma didn't sweat the "small stuff"... she celebrated it. She had the ability to find joy in anything - no matter how simple. My mind is filled with memories of days at the park singing on the swings; walks to the hill she would watch us roll down and run back up over and over again; so many Sunday dinners she put so much energy into; phone calls asking what the cutest thing was that Brayden did that day...
When I was a little girl (and I remember this conversation vividly) we made a pact that any time we saw a sunrise or sunset we would think of each other. From that pact until as recent as a few weeks ago, she would end each letter or conversation with "remember the sunrises and sunsets!" This will always be something very special to me, and every time I look at this big North Dakota sky I think of her.
I hope to one day have the purity of heart and the Christlike love for the people around me that Grandma had. She was a true lady ... always concerned with the well-being of others, always thinking of ways to make others happy. I will make an effort to be better at this - in her honor.
For years since the passing of my beautiful Mother I have been lucky to have a personal Guardian Angel watching over me ... Now I have one more.
