grandma

 

 

One of moms dying bed wishes was that her mom be told that mom loves her very much.This is my grandma and one of my sisters.  She wasn't told that mom passed away.  She was told that mom loves her very much. Even though she has dementia she knew my sisters name, and she knew they were talking about mom.

My grandma was something else. She spoke her mind that's for sure.............and  She was an outdoors woman. ...loved to camp, loved to garden, loved to fish. On the weekends you could find her at the lake. She had the same camp site for years. She'd skin, clean and cooked squirrel and rabbit and raised pigs then slaughtered them herself. She could also make some of the best clothes, coats, and doll furniture. She was very artistic like her famous son the painter.......and her home was always spic n span clean. She bleached everything.

 When she was in her 60's she owned a bar. She had a pet pig that lived in the bar. I can't remember his name. But I remember him running around.......

 She raised 6 children. All of them but 2 were pains in the asses.

She was not a sissy girl.

For some reason I will always remember watching The Swamp Man with her, or maybe it was called The Swamp Thing..............it was a scary movie to a young girl, she seemed not to be afraid of anything. She tackled things head on....... She always had the greatest egg hunts when I was a child. It was anything but your typical egg hunt. She'd load the attic floor with hard boiled eggs, we'd be blind folded and bare foot......then walk around smashing eggs. Why she did it like that I don't know........but it was fun,it was exciting! And she had a flare for decorating at Christmas........very creative...........

She marched to the beat of her own drum..;........you could join her whenever you wanted.......she would have liked that...............