Most of us were not around… but my grandma, she was. She was born 100 years ago today!! Jadon, Kiahna,& I went over to her house this morning, to visit, take some pictures, and wish her a happy day!
She was showing us her cards, and her gifts. I asked her if I could take this picture, and she replied that she hoped “someone would take some pictures” (giggle)
She told us that she was sewing this morning, I asked her to show me what she had been doing. She is keeping busy making quilts for her great grandchildren… using this…
Soon the phone rang…
It was one of my cousins calling from out of town to wish her a happy day… then another cousin came in the door… then an uncle…
We left after that… she was all smiles! Soaking it in! I told her she might as well give up working on those quilts today, she was bound to have visitors and phone calls all day. She was also pretty sure “that she would get some more cards in the mail today”! She also wondered what the mail man would think and if we was going to come to the door expecting a bonus for all the extra mail this week!! LOL!
I was thinking about some of my strongest memories of growing up next door to grandma…
Her rhubarb patch…
…which we would go and pull, take in her house, cut up into tiny pieces, salt like crazy and eat all up! We did it all the time!
Or these…
Not yet in season, but her raspberry patch… planted between our house and theirs… which I filled my belly on many a summer afternoon…
I remember going over to their house Sundays after church for ice cream with fresh raspberries on them!
We spent much time over there. Playing with cousins. Eating her food. (French bread warmed in the microwave with butter!) Watching her TV. (something we couldn't do at home) Running out the door when the phone would ring, then listening outside to hear if it was our mom calling for us to come home or not… because we weren't really supposed to be over there “again”! Running back in if we realized it wasn’t her, or sprinting home pretending like we were never over there if it was!
So many wonderful memories!
Tonight there will be a dinner for adults only. She has 6 children. And I am not sure how many of the brothers and sisters of her generation are still alive… tonight I will know, I get the honor of going, with my sisters to serve them their meal!
Saturday there will be a picnic at the park! ALL the family will be there! From Grandma & Grandpa’s six children, there are 23 grandchildren… and from those 23 grandchildren, I have no idea how many great-grandkids there are… but if I asked grandma, I think she would know! I’ll try to find out! There is one great-great grandchild that I know of. It will be a circus for sure!!
Grandma has such an amazing mind! She has done the book work for the family business for all these years. Dad only got them on the computer and lifted her load recently. She just finished a Sudoku book!
It will be a wonderful celebration week for a wonderful lady! What a blessing she is. How thankful I am!
Happy Birthday Grandma!
Pam
15 comments:
How precious is she?!? It is so awesome that you get to experience this. My grandma is in her late 80's and pray that she will see 100. Your grandma is absolutely beautiful and looks as spry as a 70 yr old!
amazing! your grandma is beautiful!!!! what a blessing to have her around and to have all those memories to draw from.
enjoy this week celebrating.
Seriously, she doesn't look a day over 70. Wow I am amazed. She is beautiful and 100!
Enjoy the celebrations.
Happy Birthday Grandma!
Wow - she looks great for 100! What a blessing, that she still has a clear mind. I used to work on a dementia unit for those with behavior problems in a care home. So sad.
Love your blog. Keep looking up!!
robin :o)
awesome!!!! what a great lady! and i bet that rhubarb pie is to die for!
This post waters my eyes and I'm not quite sure why. I kept thinking, Lord let this woman live forever...her spirit from what little I learned in this post is just...so tender. She just recently stopped doing the books. Wow. She finished a suducko book. I looked at one and got confused. The memories of you running to her house and you weren't "suppose" to be there. Yet, I wonder how wonderful your "not suppose" to visits were for her. How blessed to have so many grandchildren coming and going. I'm sure it has enabled her to be so active now.
I'm praising the Lord that she does have so many visitors, calls, cards. Not many people that age are tended to and have so much attention. She deserves it for sure. I wish I could come love on her myself. Makes me think I really need to appreciate my gramma more even though our personalities butt heads.
Happy Birthday, gramma. I wish I knew you!!!
Love,
Paula
Oh are you sure you didn't get that rhubarb mixed up with celery. REally? You ate it raw? I've never tried it so I guess I shouldn't dog it. It's pretty tart in pie. Cold wrap a piece and mail it to me, girlfriend! I'll try it just for YOU.
What a beautiful grandma you have. I can't believe she's 100!!! She is amazing and I loved reading your different memories having to do with her. Shawn's mom has a huge garden and she has a strawberry patch and a big grape vine, not to mention a ton of fruit trees. Our kids are experiencing the kind of memories you are blessed with.
Enjoy blessing your grandma and family by serving them tonight. It will be the best place to be.
What a great post, Pam.
Just finished reading this post, and it made me miss my Grandma. She has been gone for a year now. Your Grandma seems so awesome :) What a great opportunity for your kids to know her. My girls knew my Grandma (their "Gramma Great") pretty well, and still talk about her today. But I wonder how long it will be before those memories fade. They are so young yet. Ahh, anyway...enough sadness :) Happy Birthday to your Grandma!!!!!
She is beautiful.. Happy Birthday, Grandma! :<) She looks radiant, and young.. how blessed you are to have her in your life! Thank you for sharing just a little bit of her with us....
What a beautiful post and a very wonderful memory. Your Grandmother looks amazing. How very luck for you and the kids to have this memory.
Oh Pam, how very blessed you are to be related to this lovely lady! She is beautiful and looks so sweet!
I love that she is staying active and keeping her mind active and healthy.
That's what they keep saying to do and I hope I do that when I get anywhere near her age!
Happy Birthday Grandma!
What a blessing! Girl, she DOES NOT LOOK 100!!!! What a gift to have such a precious soul in your life. :o)
Awesome! You are truly blessed to have her in your life still. Of course you know that :) And now we're blessed to know of her!
Aren't you just the luckiest woman to have so much family so close and a grandma to boot. I lost my grandma when I was seven and there's no real family close. I would love to have picnics like you are going to enjoy. Have a great time!!
Pam, she looks wonderful and sounds like she is still enjoying life so much. God Bless her!
I grew up beside my Grandma too and have similar memeories..rhubard (I still go over there to steal some), raspberries, ice cream, and just hanging out as my second home.
What a wonderful post to read.
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