Goodbye Grandma

At last birthday party we had for her in September, 2012

Little blurry, but still Grandma with her children and their spouses.

Grandchildren, with 3 missing

Great grandchildren

Grandma wondering why Uncle Terry is perched on her lap! :)

Grandma and us 3 sisters

Best buddies, just like their mothers were when we were growing up!

Brand new cousin friends, Chloe and Noah

More great grandchildren, from 4 grandchildren

My mom's mom, 88, passed away on Sunday, Jan 13, 2013 after a short battle with her recurring colon cancer. She was put into hospice house on Thursday night,1-10-13, and rapidly went downhill from there. I'm thankful my husband, children, myself, and my sister, Diana, was able to be with her during her last minutes, sorry, Angie, I know you would have been there if you could have.I'll post for memories sake, although I'm not proud of it, but anyway, when we first stepped into Grandma's room on Sunday, I went to her side and held her arm and asked, "How are you Grandma?" Less than 20 minutes later she passed away, I wonder what I was thinking! Habit I guess, anyway, her funeral was today and it was hard, natural side of life tends to want to hold on, but she wouldn't have wanted to continue on bed fast as she was, and we wouldn't want her to. A very positive thing came out of it, my aunt and cousin that haven't spoken in years reconciled today, VERY wonderful to see after probably more than 10 years apart. We had her calling hours yesterday, stayed at funeral home from 1 until after 8(with food for family in between), then after the funeral today, my uncle and aunt took Grandma's children and grandchildren, great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild to a local pizza place for family time. That was very special, I think we had 44 there. So, thank you to Uncle Billy and Aunt Marilyn for our outing. Thank you to Uncle Harold and Aunt Marvis, and our meeting for their care and donation, and to Malcom and Brenda for taking time today to come to the funeral, even after a long journey the day before! Thank you to all for your care and thoughts.