grandma

Some friends recently lost their dear grandma and I have been feeling blessed to still have 2 special grandmas in my life.   On our last road trip we stopped in to see this grandma in her new place.  Even though we only stayed a few minutes, I'm sure the place will never be the same!  It is a cute and tiny spot and I could just back up enough to take a picture of the whole crew ... Great Grandma with 5 of her 19 great grand kids.  Hope I didn't miss anyone in my quick tally! 

Speaking of this crew ... I guess I should have tried taking a few more pictures because this one isn't that flattering of some :)  Maybe someday my kids will learn to look at the camera and smile on command.  But, look how cute Gavin is!  And look at how good Grandma looks.  If I live to be 90 I want to be like her in more ways than one - her posture, her kind and gentle spirit, her thoughtfulness, her efficiency ....  

I guess it has nothing to do with her being in her 90s!!  I'm sure she was just always this way.  But, I'm hoping there is some genetic predisposition that I could become like her!!

When Grandma moved into the lodge she purged some of her treasures.  I am so excited about some of those treasures she passed down to me.  Things that just make my sentimental heart sing :)  I should do a post about these treasures - a few things she had given to her as wedding gifts, books of gems and bits and pieces cut out of letters she received, gifts from Pakistan, and just some things from the house that bring back a flood of memories.  I guess they maybe wouldn't seem like much to most, but they are dear to me.  If I post about them with the details I remember now it will help those memories live on for my kids ... and they can pass them on to their kids!  I'm really getting ahead of myself!!!!