Sometimes, a person makes a big impact on your life, and when they are no longer with you, it leaves a hole that can never be filled in. My grandma passed away 15 years ago today, and that hole is just there. It never goes away. I miss my grandma. I still pick up the phone to call and ask her questions. I still start to make copies of ball schedules for her. I don't think I will ever not miss her. I wish she could know my grandkids. She would be tickled at the ornery antics of Wrenley, amazed at the intelligence of Evelyn, and awed by the sweet chunk of Easton. She would be amused like the rest of us at Lawson's funny sayings. I wish Saige and Harper had memories of her. I wish I could get information from her brain on how to do stuff, or have one more slice of her chocolate pie. I hope I see her again someday.
In the meantime, I am growing strawberries, because they will forever remind me of her. Did I get a huge crop? Negative, but I kept he plants alive, and Quincy and I had enough to have a little snack after lunch yesterday! More may still come on...I am hoping to make a batch of jelly. Actually, I just want a bowl of strawberry jelly foam on toast. :)
Impossible to tell what this is a photo of, but on the bus yesterday, a bald eagle flew in front of me. He then stayed on the road in front of the bus for quite a while before landing in a tree beside the road. I tried to take a picture - which is the black lump. It should have been a good photo, but I inherited my photography skills from my grandma! If you know....you know!
The kids on my bus like to listen to the radio. There is a song out right now - by Hardy, Eric Church, Morgan Wallen and Tim McGraw - I hear it almost every day "When you pass on, what you gonna pass down?" Sort of makes you think - or maybe I have too much time in the driver's seat in the middle of nowhere. Thank you grandma, for passing down the family values, simple ideas, canning and gardening knowledge, and the love. I miss you more than words could ever say.
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