The past five days have consisted of:
sitting on my grandmother's white couch
eating constantly
crying
sleeping
over and over and over.
It's been one of the longest weeks of my life. Thankfully my family is pretty awesome, so it wasn't as sucky as it could have been. Also, my grandmother was hilarious in general, so there were a lot of good stories to tell and funny old pictures to look at.
I am going to miss her terribly. She was one unique lady: Mrs. Manners, yet bossy & opinionated as hell. Republican, yet secretly liberal. All about appearances, but always allowed you to be yourself. I loved her: I loved visiting her, I loved talking on the phone to her, I even loved talking about her. She was one of my favorites and I am thankful I have a ton of wonderful memories of time spent with her.
When we buried her this morning, we all tossed in things in her grave. The items thrown in included: rocks from our family trip to Lake Michigan, shells from the beach, playing cards (she was a bridge fanatic), a love letter written from her to my grandfather while she was in college (most adorable letter ever), mardi gras beads, and a fancy wine glass. No other items could have as accurately described her personality.
Here are two of my favorite photographs of me & her:
This was taken in my Grandmother's kitchen, when we taught Mary and I how to make her secret, awesome, chocolate silk pie.
This was taken at the end of our wedding reception. I don't know what we're laughing at, but I adore adore adore this photo.
These past two weeks have been crappy for some of my friends as well, and my heart & thoughts go out to Adam & Jason Dane, Brian Branam, and Kendell Moore who all lost their mothers, as well as Rachel Donaldson, whose grandmother passed away.
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