My grandma passed away on Friday, December 5, 2008. Her funeral was Monday, December 8, 2008. Though she slowly faded away from us due to Alzheimers, she lived a long and full life, reaching 91 years of age this past October.
Seeing all my cousins at the funeral and reminiscing about the past was a wonderful journey to take. Most of the memories come from having Christmases at Grandpa and Grandma's house each year! There were so many of us crammed into that house!! I can remember sitting on the stairsteps leading up to the upstairs bedrooms, just to have somewhere to sit!!! And we always opened presents in order of age, from youngest to oldest... with Grandpa and Grandma being the last ones to open their gifts.
One present most of us girl cousins remember getting from Grandma were the lacey nightgowns!! Apparently Grandma bought all of us these nightgowns because they were such a good price... never mind that some of us might have been too young to wear something so "womanly"!! I don't think Grandma realized how "grown up" these nightgowns were! They were like these little tops with matching panties, however, on some of us they went down to our ankles!!! I don't know about the others, but I do know that my sister and I loved ours! We wore them all the time!!!
Aunt Sharon gave a wonderful eulogy at the funeral... I never knew that Grandma was valedictorian of her graduating class, or that she had been named "May Queen" for FFA her senior year. She also talked of her memories growing up... I think I can speak for most of the cousins when I say that my memories of Grandma are lime Kool-Aid and her white salad bowl with the red polka-dots!! Anyone else remember these??!!
Rest in peace, Grandma... and tell Grandpa and Dad "hello" for me...
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What a neat tribute to you grandmother. No matter how old they are, it's never easy saying goodbye. I hope you had lots of time to share memories during the holidays. God bless you!
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