05/24/2024
It's not often in life that you get unconditional adoration. It's probably for the best, really, imagine the egos we would have if we did.😆 Six months ago today, we lost one of my special people. Not as many people as I would have liked knew my grandmother, but those that did likely knew about her family, as she was utterly incapable of having a single conversation without talking about at least one of us.
My Grandma Shelley was a salty Northerner with more snark than sweetness, so obviously I take after her.😝 She loved math and word games, British game shows, rain and blizzard sounds, her selected people, and God. She taught me to always make a plan (and then throw it out at the last second in favor of a spur-of-the-moment decision), to be unfailingly generous (I'm not THAT good, but she'd hand you the shirt off your back if you wanted it), and how it feels to be well and truly beloved. I miss our late night chats, watching every Gene Wilder movie together we could find (he was one of the relatively few actors we both loved, and in this family, you like Mel Brooks😂) with a massive bowl of popcorn, and blasting whatever decent music we could find on the radio with the windows down, even in the dead of winter. Our favorite song together from the past few years was "Say Something" as covered by Jacob Banks on YouTube. (Side effects may include feelings.😬)
Grandma had many flaws and drove us all nuts, but I'll keep trying to emulate her abundance of beautiful traits. I look forward to seeing her as I never got a chance to, young and healthy. (Job 14:7-9, 13-15, Isaiah 35:5,6) She'll be thrilled to get to meet all her ancestors, and she'll definitely be asking the dates of every event she missed. As an yellow cartoon bear once said, "How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard." So I won't say goodbye, only see you soon. 🙂
