My grandmother passed away this afternoon.
This was not a great surprise as her health has been steadily declining for years, but it is very disappointing. I have known since we 1st started planning for Ottawa that time was important. Our first trip was to be to Iowa to visit the grandparents for Halloween. Six weeks from now. She saw Tom when I brought him over in 2007 for Wagstock II, but she never got to meet Lillian.
Grandma was absolutely wonderful and I, along with many others, will miss her very much. She baked apple pies, loved kids and laughed easily. The absolute harshest comment I ever heard pass her lips was to call my uncle's ex-wife a "snotty snot". I should aspire to sink so low more often.
Posts here will continue, but the blogging-fire I had in me this morning has gone. I expect I'll be making arrangements to fly to Iowa fairly soon as well.
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Ahh, crap.
ReplyDeleteShe must have had a decent innings, though. I lost the last of my grands back around '92.
She made 81. My grandparents become such rather early. So much so that there is only 12 years difference between me and my youngest aunt (Dad is their eldest).
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