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| August 2, 2006Hey, it's been like FOREVER since last posting, but since nobody looks, nobody cares! I'm having a good week! 4 kids are at camp, haven't babysat this week, and only have Hope home. It's been QUIET! Today I helped Hope with a 500 pc puzzle that we haven't finished yet.
Tomorrow I'm spending a couple nights with my sister who is camping where the kids are at camp, so I can bring 9 of the lovelies home on Saturday morning. How WONDERFUL that will be! heheheheheh
Gotta go help Rick get billing and payroll done. | | |
| IntegrityGrandma was the matriarch. The legacy she leaves is amazing. Imagine that her daughter, daughter in law, 9 grandchildren, their spouses, 16 great-grandchildren and 4+ great-great-grandkids and all but 1 of those descendants attended the funeral. Amazing, huh? I thought so. The service was great, the grandchildren who were at her bedside singing her to Heaven sang for the service, as well as a couple of great-granddaughters. One of her nephews sang a solo as well. The minister told some wonderful stories that jarred our memories and made us chuckle.
It was a very long weekend, but the people who came to visitations and services made it all worthwhile. There were quilts that Grandma had made, a great slide show that my sister in law put together Friday and Saturday, and numerous other pictures and photo albums placed around the funeral home to make it feel special.
I have had a harder time dealing with this than I could have thought. Love is unexplainable, I suppose. Grandma's integrity has NEVER been questioned. I find that awesome. Something to try to attain myself. We all could aspire to have her reputation. | | |
| GrandmaYou think you're ready for it, because at 94, you just know she can't live forever. Guess what? You never really ARE ready for it. I can only be very grateful that she passed with many of her grandchildren and her daughter singing hymns to her as she drew her last breaths. This is harder than I thought it would be. There is visitation Saturday and Sunday. I know it's an important time, because it gives you strength to face the finality of the funeral on Monday. My aunt wants us to sing at the funeral as well, which will be quite difficult, but not impossible. We're working on getting my daughter home for the funeral, she is in NY. My mom is driving from NC, and a cousin is driving from FL. | | |
| BirthdayEver wonder how you can just not feel good on Sundays? I have been truly sick several Sundays. Since the last of January, I was in NJ one Sunday and home with a sick kid another. I've only made it to one church service. BUMMER!
I had a great time at a friend's last night, playing cards, games and eating yummy food. No, her jambalaya didn't make me sick! LOL
Friday night we had dinner with my baby brother, my sister and their significant others at a Chinese place and learned things about my family I didn't know before. So....I did get to celebrate some.
Also....I'm going out to dinner with 2 friends who have birthdays yesterday and tomorrow and THEIR significant others. Yup, I'm going even if I don't feel well, so NYEAH!
OK, 3 kids are home from their weekend retreat so they need some attention. Maybe it won't be several months before I write again.
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