Grams

I lost one of my best friends a few weeks ago, my grandma passed away from complications of conjestive heart failure. Grandma had struggled for many years with Asthma and loosing her eye sight from Macular Degeneration but she never let it get her down. She still gardened as much as she could, she could turn the most wilted plant into a great big green one with her touch. She wasn't able to read but that didn't stop her, she was able to get books on tape from the center for the blind and when her asthma kept her inside she listened to her books.

I have many fond memories spent with "grams", as I spent many summers with her in Batesville and at Carter Cove (Arkansas). I spent a lot of time with grams outside in the yard, in the kitchen or even fishing. I'll never foget the time I filled grandpa's cowboy hat with small frogs about 2 dozen or so, I had them in the truck to take back to the house but somehow the hat spilled and there were frogs all over the inside of the truck, grandpa wasn't to happy but grams and I laughed so hard we had tears rolling down our cheeks as we cleaned up all the frogs.

Several years later my grandma was fortunate to find true love again. She met Bill, they met at the senior center in town. One day I heard that grams had a boyfriend, a few days letter I hear that grams is engaged and just a few days after that I hear grams is getting married Sunday after church (wedding picture to the right). They were so cute together and it was nice to know she found her soul mate so late in life.

I was very fortunate that grams was able to meet Jenna almost 2 years ago this month, she took her from me the minute we got to her house and held her the whole time we were there. I only wish Jenna was able to have memories with like I did.

When I went back for the service it was so strange being there without grams, something was definatelly missing. The hardest was going to her little house in Carter Cove where we spent so much time, everywhere I looked I saw her.

I will deeply miss my grams but at least I have comfort in knowing that she found love again in Bill and that she will be able to breath without trouble and will be able to see again. I love you grams and I will miss you every day!