I don't know how else to put into words what I am feeling other than that.
Thinking about it, I'm pretty sure part of why it's been stronger than normal lately was Evie's baptism last weekend. I really wish she could have met Evie.
While thinking about her I have been recalling many of my favorite stories, one of which I wanted to share.
Simply put, my grandma was an amazing person. I'm so grateful she was around as long as she was.
One thing you learned about my grandma as you spent more time with her though was that she definitely had an opinion about a lot of different things. She was amazingly sweet, but she also wasn't afraid to let you know how she felt on different topics either. Personally, I loved that about her.
Here is an example of something that makes me happy every time I think about it.
Gina and I received many cards from my grandma and grandpa over the years. Usually, besides the card there were comic strips in it about one thing or another. Many times my grandma would write on them to help signify who she was thinking of in the strip so that we would understand why she sent it to us.
Her favorite after Natalie was born was Dog Eat Doug. I loved getting cards from grandma and grandpa around that time on particular, in part just to see which comic strips my grandma had cut out to share with us. Here is an example of what they'd look like.
My favorite cutout of all time though was sent to us sometime during Gina's pregnancy with Natalie. Inside the card, a thoughtful cutout was placed by my grandma of the top ten boys and girls names of 2004. The funny part was what my grandma did with it. It was so perfect for her. In her own subtle way, she wanted to make sure we knew which name(s) on the list she didn't care for that much so the cutout was sent looking something like this:
How can you not love that?
I miss her so much. I am thankful for memories I have of her like this which put a smile on my face.
Grandma was amazing!
ReplyDeleteI completely understand how you feel B. Much love.
xoxo