I'm a slacker...

It has been a long time since my last post.  Much has happened but I have been uninspired to write anything.  My beloved Grandma Grace passed away and I have been wanting to do a post on her but I guess I have been avoiding it for fear of ripping open the wound so to speak. 

Dear Biscuit and Buddy,

I am so grateful that you were able to know Grandma Grace and I know you both loved her very much.  But since you are both still so little, I wanted to jot down some of the little things about her that made her so special!

• She always sung - You are my sunshine, my only sunshine...
• She loved tacos with hot spicy sauce and poorboys from Mom's Deli.  We would bring her lunch when we visited her on weekends or days off.
• She had the sweetest voice ever.
• She loved Jesus so much and when she could not go to Mass anymore she would watch it on tv everyday.  She prayed for both of you everyday!
• She loved to sit outside and go for rides in the car with mommy.
• Biscuit, she always thought you were so pretty and loved your style.
• Buddy, she loved your dark hair and eyes and of course dimples.
• She loved to watch you play, sing, dance, whatever.  She would give any of you kids her full attention for as long as you wanted it.
• She was so generous.  She gave us everything she had.
• She loved when we would have family parties at her house.  She was most happy when she had all of us there - even though it was crazy and chaotic!
• She LOVED coffee!  As soon as she finished a meal she was calling for it!
• She loved Sophie.
• Even though she was in alot of pain most of the time, she never complained.  She was so tough.  Never sick. 
• She had some very difficult things happen in her life but you would never know.  She was always so happy, fulfilled, content, peaceful.
• She loved to go "bumming" around town - taking mommy and your aunts and uncles all over to get ice cream, toys, and all kinds of fun stuff.
• She taught me how to ride a bike.
• She would let us sit on the vacuum when she was sweeping the carpet. 
• She was a terrible driver but would kill me for saying that!
• She was as sweet as they come but also as feisty as they come:)
• She loved v-neck t-shirts.
• She loved to read but hated every book I ever gave her.
• She snored like a bear. It was funny!
• Living with her was such a gift/blessing.  I did not always realize/appreciate it but looking back, I see how lucky I was to have had her in my life everyday.  She was like another parent to us.  When everyone else was against you, you always had Grandma. 

There is no end to this list but I will stop now.  I know we will forever continue to share our memories of grandma.  Losing her was so hard, but it was her turn to meet Jesus and be reunited with Bud, the babies she never met, her parents, her brother and sister, and all of her friends.  I think of her all the time, but I mostly feel her when I am rocking you to "nigh nigh" Buddy, or laying with you as you drift off to sleep Biscuit.  I know she is so happy now and I can only imagine how much she is looking forward to us all being together again one day - it will be a crazy chaotic family party in heaven!