I was blessed with five wonderful grandparents. Yesterday, my last living grandparent, Grandma Evelyn passed away. I can now say that I am blessed with five wonderful grandparents who are all living joyfully with Jesus. There are not many folks in the world that can say that. I feel so grateful for the Christian heritage that my family has given me.
Grandma Evelyn was a tiny, size 0, 90 pounds-at-the-most woman. But despite her size, or maybe because of it :-), she was one of the spunkiest women I've known. She had opinions, and she wasn't afraid to share them! She was very loyal towards her family and loved them deeply.
Many of my memories of Grandma are from the days when she lived in her condo. I remember reading tons of readers digest at her home, getting in the hot tub together in the middle of winter, LOTS of shopping at Dillards, watching wheel of fortune. Since my parents lived far away when I was in college, I would go to her house and wash my clothes. Because she was size 0 and 90 pounds, there was always a joke about needing to eat dinner BEFORE going to eat with Grandma so you didn't feel like a glutton for the amount you ate, but I don't think I ever ate anything at her house that wasn't tasty. And you could be sure that there would always be those crunchy store-bought oatmeal cookies in the cookie jar, or some pinwheels tucked away somewhere if you needed them :)
There are traits in myself that I laugh about now because I'm becoming like my Grandmother. Whenever she would ride in the car with someone, you would hear gasps every few minutes and see her clinging to the door. I now find myself doing this with Dan! Sorry Dan. Speaking of Dan, the first time he came to Tulsa to visit me, I was staying at my Grandparents. My grandmother loved to tell the story of how she went to bed one night and the next morning woke up to find some big ole boy on her couch.
Grandma was very giving, she worked hard for everything she had, but was so generous with her own. I'm very grateful for the loving grandparents I was blessed with. How, although I didn't necessarily grow up around them, each stepped into my life in different ways and left me memories I can cherish. Grandma Evelyn will be missed.
2 comments:
Awww....you have some great pictures of Grandma! Thanks for the memories - all so true! I do the same thing when riding in a car too - must be genetic :)
Hey Tami, I just now saw this. I agree with Amy - great memories. Another story she liked to tell about Dan was that he was in the kitchen cooking breakfast when she got up that morning!
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