Remembering Grandma

Well, I'm finally getting down to this. A blog about my grandma.
She died on Tuesday.
It's been difficult, really up and down since then. About 25 years ago my grandpa (her husband) died but since then no one really close to me has died. Grandma and I were really close. In my heart and mind we shared a very tight bond. Her husband was a minister and well, often times I reminded her of him. Sometimes that really troubled me but once I talked with her about it and she said it always made her happy when something I did brought memories of grandpa to her mind.
She was like that. Never really sad. Never very down. Always smiling, laughing and bringing joy to where she was. Just this month she celebrated her 87th Birthday. And, get this, the day she died was the 65th Anniversary of her wedding. It helps to think that her and grandpa were "reunited" on that day.
Next week there's a memorial celebration of Grandma's life. It's taking place in Minnesota so we'll be heading up there. When she turned 80 her and her three daughters sat down and went over all the things necessary to prepare for when she died. In planning for the memorial service she put my name down in the preferred clergyman spot. So I'll be speaking at the memorial, I pray that I can make it through and that I make her proud.
For a while my myspace site will be filled with pictures and memories of grandma. If you knew her you know that she was very special. Please feel free to leave comments. You can also check out this blog site to see what other family members are saying about her.

Thanks for reading all of this, I know it's long.

-dp-