Today I am so very thankful for my grandma.
I went home this weekend for my extended family's Christmas party. As per usual it was at my grandma's house, but the children/grandchildren cooked the meal instead of my grandma. I had a wonderful time enjoying her presence and that of my cousins and other family members.
It was a somewhat sobering experience. I had a fluttering thought in my head that this may be the last Christmas I have with her in my life. Some say this is just the course of events that occurs when we get older. I understand that. BUT, I lived with my grandma for the first few years of my life. She is my second mother. I don't know my life without her. When I got home tonight, I had some time to myself to reflect. After talking with my husband about how I was feeling, I called my grandma to thank her for the wonderful Christmas party and for the gifts she gave us. We ended up talking for 45 minutes. I was so happy to be able to just pick up the phone and hear her voice on the other end.
Lesson for this weekend: don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today. I have always taken the gift of her life for granted, but now I am facing the reality that this will not always be the case.
I love my grandma, and am so grateful for all that she is and has been to and for her family.
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I created this forum so as to remind myself daily of the little things for which I am grateful. It is so much easier to focus on that which I perceive to not be going right in my life than those things which bring joy to my daily life. So, I will post daily entries identifying those things for which I am grateful, those things that keep my light shining bright.
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