Grandparents
I feel so lucky to have gained three grandparents when Brian and I married: Baba (the original name, now he's BobBob) who, at the ripe old age of 102, still loves to get hugs from a pretty girl, Mimoo, his wife who just loves a bright face or two to visit her and Grammy, Brian's maternal grandmother.
On Sunday, Brian and I visited with Bob-Bob and Mimoo . . . that brings a smile to my face thinking about them. The love that you see beaming from their faces when you walk up to give them a hug is so rich and satisfying. We haven't seen Grammy in a few months even though she doesn't live very far away from us. I feel badly that we don't see her more frequently and, not to make excuses, but it just seems that there's never enough time in the day, week or month. We need to work on that one, Bri, we really do.
Meanderings . . .
This past weekend Karen, my sister, lost a friend to bone cancer, I believe. I know that Karen and her friend were close friends and, in an attempt to comfort her, I remembered something that someone once said to me: "The pain goes away but the memories will last forever."
The "someone" that said that to me, was my cousin, Sherry, while hugging me at the funeral home after my mother died. At that time, I thought: "Wow, that's something, coming from her." (I vaguely recalled when Sherry's mother died. I wasn't terribly close with my aunts, uncles and cousins but I thought I remembered that Sherry was fairly rebellious as a teenager, not that long before her mother passed away.) The second thought that followed shortly thereafter, however, was "Yeah, right-- my mother died and this hurts! It will never feel better!!" But, I was wrong and Sherry was right . . . my heart-strings don't hurt as much as when my mother first passed away but I do still have so many wonderful memories!
This week, in an email, I relayed to Karen that quote from Sherry. I always wanted to put it on some kind of cross stitch or embroidery pattern but I've never done that. Karen's going to put it on a poster!
I wonder if Sherry realizes how many people she has touched and helped
with that one brief sentence and lifelong mental hug?
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