When I think of spending time with my Grandma as a child, I realized most of my greatest memories are with her in them. I would BEG to spend the night at her house so I could be with Tina anytime we went to visit. We would stay up way too late and put puzzles together and Grandma would come in and yell at us for "giggling too loud" or we would scrub her kitchen. Drinking sweet tea and eating ham...she made the BEST ham. The summer we watched Grease 2 over and over and over again. Watching LaBamba with Tina, Angela, and Jennifer and then Jennifer crying when Richie died at the end. My brother would tie a rope from one tree in the front yard to the other and we would take a pillow and hold on to the rope and do flips down the rope line... Grandma took Tina and I in the Citation and taught us how to drive. She would yell at us that she was going to "whip our A double SS's", we still say that to each other. She walked us to the Library, took us to the movies, bought me my first pair of Guess jeans when my Mom told me they were too expensive. She has always called me on my birthday. Later in life, she crocheted all my daughters their baby blankets and would always send my kids a letter on their birthday so they could get mail. She always made you feel special because she always remembered the little details of what was going on in your life. I did have the pleasure of helping Grandma in her last years of her life and she would tell me stories of when she was young and growing up with her brothers and sisters and then raising her family and why she did the things that she did. She has always put her family first, what they needed or would want and her door was always open to them. I will miss her dearly, but I am glad that she is no longer in pain. I know she will always be with me and help me in my time of need. She will probably be the one that greets us all when it is our time to go because that is just how she is. Loving her family even from the other side! Love you Grandma! RIP
