Explanation behind the title:
I couldn’t decide between “Goodbye, Dorothy” “World’s Greatest Grandma” “The Best of Times” “My Favorite Lady” etc, etc
Why I was blessed:
I was SO lucky to have her as my grandma. I was honored to be her granddaughter.
And I was so thankful to be with her all day Monday. As she went in and out of sleep, she would smile, say our names, and joke with us (her usual self). That ws one of the greatest gifts God could have given me.
The memories I need to document:
The Green House (just as important to us kids as our nation’s capital); laughter; swimming in the big horse trough; homemade everything; Easter (the coveted Golden Egg hunt), Thanksgiving, and Christmas celebrations; hide-and-seek; my favorite dollhouse; mixing leftovers, sauces, and condiments together in a bowl to see which cousin would eat the concoction; sleepovers; trips to Dairy Queen and Tropical Snow; playing dress-up in Grandma’s wedding dress and jewelry; getting to pick our Christmas gifts from the big Sears catalog; “Ready for seconds? Want thirds? You’re too skinny!”; tejano and oopmah music; trips to the lake to swim and visit Grandma at work; tanned, wrinkled, age-spotted skin; rides on the Trail Wagon; catching lighting bugs in jars; swinging on the front porch; quilts; Big Red (and Big Red moustaches!); lottery tickets (none of us ever seemed to win); tortilla rolls; LOVE.
On the radio during the drive to the hospital:
Thank You by Natalie Merchant
You’ve been so kind and generous. I don’t know why you keep on giving. For your kidness, I’m in debt to you. And I never could have gone this far without you. For everything you’ve done, you know I’m bound to thank you for it.
I want to thank you for so many gifts- you gave me love and tenderness. I want to thank you. I want to thank you for your generosity, the love, and the honesty that you gave to me. I want to thank you, show my gratitude, my love, and my respect for you.
I love you and thank you were the last things I chose to say to her….
And now I have a beautiful, caring, wonderful, funny, protective guardian angel watching over me.
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