Keepsake.
This is the first year I won’t receive a meticulously-wrapped Hallmark Keepsake ornament from my Grandma S. It would have been cat-themed. Or say something about “#1 Granddaughter.” And there’d be a gift tag. With her painfully-arthritic handwriting. “To: Ashley,” and, “From: Grandma.” She’d mail it.
I could write an essay on how it makes me feel and how much I miss her now that she’s gone. It’s been 7 months.
But I couldn’t ever do any justice to the way she lived and who she was and just how much it is that I wish I could call her for a smile and for how happy she would be in knowing I was thinking about her.
“Oh sweetheart, I love you. Oh Ashley I love you.”
I can still hear her and I don’t want to forget how it sounded to have someone so purely in love with the surprise of my voice.
now we know where you got your height and your heart
6 December 2005 at 3:43“now we know where you got your height and your heart”
Quoted For Truth.
6 December 2005 at 5:09Grandma’s are lovely. But just because she isn’t with you anymore, she is still in your heart. And I am sure she’ watching over you!
6 December 2005 at 8:25(((hugs)))
6 December 2005 at 10:02Oh man, I know how you feel. I also lost the best grandma in the world. Four years ago, but still. She was my hero, together with my grandpa.
Anyway, great picture. Your grandma was indeed tiny :)
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