One of the things that my grandma and I talked about in these last months was making sure my kids, Drew and Lilly, will still know all about her after she has moved onto her luxurious suite in heaven. So I will make sure her memory will live on beyond pictures. I will talk about her plenty…..so why not start right now?
There is so much to miss about her.
But for me……
At our many family gatherings, when she wanted my attention…it would go a little something like this- “ Diana, Susan, Vicki, Christi, Nikki - SORRY!! I MEAN LINDSEY” It’s a lot of girls to keep track so I don’t blame her.
I will miss her calling and leaving 8 minute long messages on my answering machine telling me to read the Dear Abby or Ann Landers in the newspaper, and then while telling me where to look and which page to look up, she decides to just read the article on the answering machine until she gets cut off. (sometimes she would call back to make sure she finished the article)
I will miss my expensive PG&E bills with her request to keep the temperature at our house a cozy 84 degrees.
I will miss the daily breads coming in the mail w/ yellow sticky notes attached to the front with a hand written message from her. And in case you didn’t know my grandma could literally write 5 paragraph essays on a post-its.
I will miss her hilarious stories she told when I would call and be overwhelmed with having twins of my own, and she always reminded me that she had (and I quote) “I had the twins and your mother all under 3 by myself up in Oregon with no family around to help…and Lindsey….you know how your mother can be.”
I will miss her yellow wardrobe that always brightened a room like her sense of humor and her smile. And honestly it was just a bonus to me that she dressed my grandpa in a coordinating outfit. I will do my best to wear yellow like her, but NO ONE can pull off GOLD KEDS like she could.
The world will be dimmer without her, (but to steal Vicki’s line)…heaven will be brighter. ☺
7 comments:
Some really sweet memories of your Grandma. Mike will never forget one of our trips up to visit (maybe 1984) and your Grandma suggested getting pizza I believe from a place called the Brass Ass and she would not say ass but donkey instead. He kept trying to get her to say it but she wouldn't. We all had a good laugh about that. You'll have to verify the story with your parents!
Aw Linds!!! That is awesome! I loved my gma too, and things like this make me happy that other people got to have a good time with their grandma too! Ok, I don't think that made sense, but whatever. She sounds like she was amazing! I think you should try to rock the gold keds just for fun....
Great memories, Linds.
Thank you for that post Lindsay, and Happy belated birthday. Been quite busy around the household!
So sorry for you loss Lindsay. Grandma's are special people and I'm glad you have so many great memories of yours.
Beautifully written. Grandmas are the best.
If this was anything like what you said at the service I was right....you did amazing! Brought a smile to my face. Thats for sure.
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