Sweet kisses.

My Grandma passed away on Monday March 2nd, 2009. It's been a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. She was very special to my whole family. She touched people's lives outside of the family. Whether she was at the grocery store or at the beauty parlor..she was always lighting up lives. She was the one person, no matter what she said to me, she could always make me smile from encouragement. She brought out the best in others and was always putting others before herself. Here are some of my favorite memories:

1. Sitting on her lap, facing her in the rocking chair, sticking her coin necklace into her mouth and her spitting it out saying "I am not coin operated."

2. My cousin Monique and I spending the night at our Grandparents house and waking up the next morning to my Grandma asking "Do you want ice cream for breakfast?" With waffles, of course.

3. Her teaching me how to do a "ballet bun".

4. Going swimming in the pool at their house and jumping off the diving board asking if she could score us on our jumps.

5. Finding a trail of bobby pins all throughout the house that had fallen out of her hair.

6. Watching her put her powder on and freshen up.

7. The sweet smell of my grandparents bathroom and all of the powder on the floor from my Grandma.

8. Playing restaurant at the bar in their house with a bunch of licorice and gummy bears.

9. Teaching her how to play spit with me and her becoming equally as good as I was.

10. Her rubbing my head when I was really sick in 7th grade. Somehow her touch made the horrible headaches and tummy aches go away.

11. Watching her do all of her crafts and then teaching them to me, too.

12. The sight of a word search book at her side all the time and her teaching me how to best spot the words. I still use those tips to this day.

13. Her laugh, her smile and her bright blue eyes.

14. The fact that we both got extra turkey wings on Thanksgiving because that's really the best part.

15. Her teaching me how to put a pony tail holder in my hair and my frustration every time I messed it up.

16. The way she always called "Hello" whenever you walked into the house.

17. Her pasta salad on Christmas and in the summer.

18. The way she would always go above and beyond on all holidays for her family.

19. The 'banana apple stuff' that she always made on Thanksgiving. In case you haven't figured it out, she was a great cook!

20. The way she comforted me when I was so sad after losing my Grandpa on my Dad's side of the family. The way she sat there and just wrapped me up in her arms and told me that it would be okay. Then she offered me some of her oatmeal cookies.

That is exactly how my Grandma was. It's so hard to imagine life without her, but I know for a fact that she is up in Heaven smiling down at all of us. No more pain and suffering.

Rest In Peace
Grandma Edna
June 5th, 1936-March 2nd, 2009

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