Grandma

Here is my Grandma Allers looking younger than I ever remember seeing her.  I loved her with everything in me...and I still do.  There was something about her spirit.  She was a child at heart....deep down.  Despite all that she had been through in her life, she laughed and had fun and enjoyed life.  She had this spirit that would not let anything get her down.  She had a heart condition, and I remember visiting her in the hospital so many times growing up.  We would go to her house to check on her the day after she had been released and when we couldn't find her anywhere, we would head out to the garden.  And there she was working in the garden, smiling as if nothing had happened.

I have been told by some in my family that I remind them a lot of her.....my spirit, my personality, my gestures, my reactions.....and I could be payed no higher compliment.  I was 21 when she passed, but I think of her always.  She will always be so much a part of who I am.

Today is her birthday and I think of her and miss her still after all these years.

“Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.” 

~ Mitch Albom