My grandma...

Well, it's been a week now and I'm still missing my gram like crazy...things are starting to get back to normal though (if there is a normal?!) but before I start up on all business and fun, I thought I'd share with you what I shared at my grams memorial. Listen to this song and it will make more sense.

Grandma….

The past 7 years have been those blessings in disguise… Gram loved life, she loved people, she loved family and most of all she loved Jesus. I’m sure there were so many times through these last years that gram felt discouraged when she couldn’t remember how to put on her shoes, but she traveled many amazing places in those shoes or perhaps when she could no longer express her true feelings, yet we all know, gram knew how to give an opinion. Or the times when she would sit and smile across at you, maybe she was remember the time she taught you scripture or how to laugh at your self for silly things or how to make a paper sword. Maybe there were times at night that she lay in bed thinking about the visits from grandkids, the marriage she had with grandpa for 50 years or the relationships she had with so many people.  Perhaps those times she felt that our Lord wasn’t near, the many scriptures she knew by heart would come to mind.

Gram never lost her ability to pray; whether it was for a meal (her favorite thing) or right before she went to sleep. Gram always had a song on her lips and a verse ready to remind you of God’s goodness (or possibly make you feel a bit guilty for what you just did…)

Maybe Gram asked for healing but I know that my family definitely felt blessed to have her near and even though there was trials and frustrations, we never lost sight of the blessing of having her as our mother, grandmother, and friend.

There are too many memories to try and share but I’m so thankful that I have too many…I’m so thankful to our Lord that He chose to have rosemary be my gram.

I will never forget on my wedding day, the joy on grams face…the kiss on the hand, the dance, the presence of the one that I’ve looked up to my whole life. Thank you Jesus for allowing her to be there!

Grandma, thank you for instilling the things of Jesus in me, thank you for climbing trees with me, pointing out the clouds, sharing your zest for life and being the best grandma in the whole world! I miss you so much but I know you are freed from tears, pain, disappointments, trials and aching’s of this life….