I still have one Grandma and this year I want to dedicate my Mother's Day post to her.
My first memory of her is when I was only two years old and we went to visit her in the hospital. Some careless teens had crashed into the back of the buggy she had been driving and both of her legs had been badly broken. She invited me to sit in the bed next to her where we had our little chat and I remained there until Mom and Daddy were ready to leave. She gave me a flower from the bouquet on her night stand to take home. I loved that flower and carried it around until it had turned brown and was quite tattered.
After we had moved I didn't get to see her more than once a year but every visit was always packed with laughter, good food, and great conversations. She always made a point of teaching me how to cook or bake something new often we would scour her collection of recipe books for something we had never tried before.
She was the queen of making do with what she had and improvising. She was the perfect balance of being thrifty and yet generous.
Today I want to thank her for being a wonderful mother to my Daddy, and being the sweetest grandmother any granddaughter could wish for.
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Beautiful post; sounds like you have a wonderful Grandmother!
ReplyDeleteThis post brings me right to my maternal grandma! She loved cooking too and would teach us kids new things. She lived right in our yard, as did my other grandma, what a wonderful treasure we had with both sets of grandparents in our yard to "pester". I sure loved my grandma's though. Thanks for a wonderful post and Great memories
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful post and sweet memories that you have. I wish I could have known my maternal grandmother--she passed before I was born and from what I have learned from the older grandchildren of hers, she shared some of the same qualities of your grandmother.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.
Wonderful memories. So nice to appreciate the ones we love while we still have them near. Thanks for the post.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful tribute to you grandmother!!!
ReplyDeleteMay she read this beautiful tribute and know what she means to you, and how both of you have blessed each other. As a grandmother, it moved me to read this. May I learn from it.
ReplyDeleteSweet, sweet post. I loved my grandmom's so. My mom was a wonderful Grandmom to my four children. Now I a Nonna ( Grandmom) to five, and I try to be as kind and loving as those beautiful ladies were.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful tribute to your grandmother! She is definitely a role model for younger women.
ReplyDeleteBeing a Grandparent I have come to realize the joys of children. Raising my own I was always too busy to appreciate the nuances of child. Fortunate for us God has seen fit to bestow Grandchildren upon us.
ReplyDeleteAren't grandmas wonderful? Lucky you for having such special memories.
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