I want to Thank You so much
for writing Grandma's article! She truely was the family Matriarch and
we can all follow by her example. Being as optimistic as possible with
the pain she dealt with from shingles for 3 1/2 years and then the aneurism
these past few weeks. And also looking forward to the future and
continuing to plan as if she would live forever..... She had lived with
the diagnosis of the aneurisms for nearly 7 years and I truely believe at the
end she didn't know the seriousness now that it had severly enlarged and Thank
God for that. That she was allowed 1 full good day after her and your
ordeal Friday (Saturday after she finally got out of bed and ate and through
Sunday afternoon when she was in pain and called Kay Lynn). I am so
thankful that you were so good about taking her to the doctors these past few
times. I know she really appreciated it and she went on and on about how
good you where to her!!!! After Fridays ordeal I am so thankful that you
had Sunday morning to visit with her and I am sure that you'll always cherish
that time together. She was truely the Best Grandma I couldv'e ever
hoped and wished for and she will be missed by all that knew her, specifically
our family!!!!! We can all become better people in honor of her. I
thank God that I had her in my life the past 42 1/2 years and that he gave her
a long life, that she never ended up in a convalesent hosptial ( which she
never ever wanted), that life support was never suggested (as she didn't want
it), and that at the end of her earthly life she was at the hosptial and went
peacefully and out of pain to join her beloved husband, your Father and my
Grandfather, her beloved Grandson Deanie, your Son and my Brother, her baby
son that died shortly after birth, her sister, Naomi, her brothers, her
parents, etc..... Life will never be the same without her and I will truely
miss her and cherish the memories. I wish that I was able to buy her
house and keep it in the family. As we will all miss the comfort and
peacefulness of our Grandparent's and your Parent's house- I could always
relax there. Isn't it ironic too that Grandma dying on April 17 made the
anniversaries of Grandpa's and Dean's death be 3 days apart. Grandma
died 2 days shy of 85 1/2 years exactly. Again, Thank You for writing
the article for your Mom and my Grandma! May we all live as long as
Grandma with the will and determination as she did and enjoy every day as it
is our last because truely every day is a gift from God. Only He knows
the hour of our death when we are born. He gives life as well as takes
it away and it it our priviledge to enjoy the life He has given us and not
just endure it! "Life is not to be measured by the moments we
breathe, but by the moments that take our breath away"! May we all
enjoy every day and cherish the life He gave us!
Love, Your Daughter, TAMI
