Rob's memories of Grandma: He posted these on facebook the day before she died. Kinda crazy like maybe he knew it was coming. Thought I would share his memories along with his cousins responses. She was a great lady. =)
Rob Hull Nearly burnt toast and jam with cheerios for breakfast. Lots of Oreo cookies and ding dongs almost always available. A couple things I remember from grandmas. Had a blast from the past (doesn't happen to often) just thought I would share.
Jennifer Lee Merrill
i remember the toast and the cheerios!! and the drawer full of sugar? was it? and skads of bags of pepperidge farm cookies in the freezer. i also remember the only time she ever got mad at me-- for playing in the coat closet. my dad told me she is worse lately. makes me sad
Rachel Shepherd
First thing I thought of was the drawer of sugar... my house has one just like it :)
Julie Keller Shepherd
Raspberry jam on toast, popcycles and the hole in the cabinet down to the laundry room.
Rob Hull
She always had a cooler full of pop to take out to the silage pit. Mellow Yellow, Tab, Sprite, and Pepsi
Kristin Aller Drake
Tang....Diet Pepsi....Hawaiian Punch....Grandma runnin around trying to feed everyone and take care of grandpa....brownies with walnuts with the pan sprayed with about 2 inches of Pam....BBQ with radio active pickles....chili sauce for the roast and green jello with cottage cheese and marshmellows which was my faviorite...Grandma my heart hurts....I love you. :)
~ My favorite things about Grandma was that she always insisted I had a fresh jar of roses, as well as one for each of the twins. She would even snip off her only Princess Di(her favorite pink rose) just to share. The way that Easter Lillies made her sneeze. Her baskets of gourds. The sweet voice she talked to my girls with. She always wanted to know the status of the hay and how much longer until we got it all hauled in. I loved the steak dinners on the back porch in the summer after a long day of work, and loved that on the nights I couldn't sleep or that I was up with my babies, she was up too smiling and waving at me out the window. I loved watching her climb up on top of the counter tops to clean when she thought no one was looking or when she called me because she had managed to take down all the drapes and clean them with her arm dislocated and needed a little help getting the last few hooks in to hang them up. I loved her Christmas tree and her bluebirds with the tags from "the farm". I loved sitting in the lawn chairs and looking at the yard at dusk, and going for walks around the yard and around the church while the girls rode their bikes with training wheels. I loved that I always got a chocolate from the drawer when she didn't offer any to Rob. I loved holding holding her tiny hand and I will forever miss kissing her soft cheek. She made me feel like she loved me like I was her own grand-daughter, I loved her like she was my own grandma. ~hollyjo
5 comments:
Love this post - I always had this amazing respect for her - how hard she always worked and much she loved her family.
We always had to keep it a secret we were coming to visit because she would bake and cook and clean so much. And the food! What's already been said, but I remember brownies with walnuts, "toast wiches" (toast with cheese in the middle, microwaved), BBQ, nuclear pickles...
I can't believe she won't be there the next time I'm in Whitney.
Alright Holl, you've put me through too many tears the last couple days girl. Thanks for sharing your tender memories! Beautifully written and sure it will forever be a keepsake to turn to.
Holly, I was excited to see your link on Jen and Rusty's blog and had to pop on over!
I'm so sorry to hear about your grandma. I lost my sweet grandma over a year ago and I still think about her and miss her every day.
Erin
Sorry for your loss. It's always hard to lose those we love.
i loved this holly. Thank you for putting things into words so well.
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