today i went to visit my great-grandma in the nursing home for the first time in quite a while. i've never been a fan of nursing homes, but i realized that if i didn't go soon i would regret it later.
she will be one hundred in the fall, which amazes me still. i have very fond memories of her. going to her house and playing checkers on the "cracker barrel" style checker board. sitting on her porch watching the squirrel that come eat peanuts from her hand. no joke. she made the best mac n cheese ever! end of story. she is also probably the person i look up to the most as a christian example.
that is how i want to always remember her, not her in the nursing home. it made me real sad and i cried. i always cry. she kept telling me how "sweet and pretty" i am. which is true. and she was still as funny as ever. but what really got me was right before i left she told me that when she gets better i can come over and she'll make mac n cheese for me. that's when i lost it and couldn't stay any more.
i thank god that my family and i have had her this long. i really believe that god did some amazing work through her and that work is still being done.
that's all for today because i'm crying again.
peace, love, and thanks be to god--
taylor.
You are pretty! and I hope you can always remember those good times. That is what you want to hold on to. Love you!
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Taylor, you are sooo right, I'm glad we've had her all these years. She's still so funny and we'll always remember that. She is a good christian example. Remember when she went down the phone book calling people and inviting them to church. I love you!
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