Thank you all for your condolences and having us in your thoughts and prayers!! There aren’t enough words to describe the beauty which was Grandma and how she touched others’ lives just by her presence. I’m glad we were able to share her with so many others around the world. Whether, you physically meet her or just through the posts Pat wrote about her, she was bound to leave an impression on you. She enjoyed life and took it all in. She was happiest when she was holding a baby on her lap, and she held many, or when she was able to be out and about making new friends and experiencing life. She was a worker. I can’t remember too many times when Grandma sat idle. Unless, she was visiting with someone, but even then, she was holding a hand and talking a mile a minute. She told me a few times, “Oh honey, I’ve had many an experience.” I had the pleasure of hearing about some of them.
Thank you all again for the time you took to say hi to her, hold her hand and listen to a story, helping her peel potatoes at OH-Stoc, sitting with her, playing euchre with her, hand delivering a birthday card to her at our home, including her in a published article, helping her get in and out of the sidecar, and video tapping and taking pictures of her when she took that ride. I sat and watched through the videos and pictures of the sidecar ride, what a wonderful and special memory we shared with her. I pieced together a 25-minute movie with some photos and video clips, including the sidecar ride. The movie played on Sunday during the calling hours, we had so many people comment. They either couldn’t believe she was able to do that at the age of 93 or they remember Grandma telling them about her adventure. You knew when something was special to Grandma, because she talked about it, repeatedly.
I will have hugs to give from Grandma, during OH-Stoc. They won’t be as good as Grandma hugs, but I will try.
May we all have a blessed 2018,
Annette