Memories…
Last week on the 17th, it was one year since our dear friend Kelly passed away. We think of her all the time, here is a beautiful video her sister put together of her life, please watch this incredible young woman, I am sure you will see the “light” she shared with us so many times in her photos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb88rklhoZ8
I was waiting for the approval from her sister if I could share it with everyone who prays for Alexis. We Miss you Kelly!
Alexis is doing great, today it was raining really hard, and we had the windshield wipers on in the car and music playing loudly and we were singing and she said:
“Look mommy, the sticks are dancing too!” (the wipers) Oh, she makes us laugh all the time. Life is great with her. She has brought more joy and laughter to our home, than we knew was possible. Thank you Lord for sharing her with us!
I miss my grandma, i miss her so much recentely, I want to go visit her and talk with her and hear about her life and all her memories. I want to ask her for advice, I want to cry on her shoulder, and tell her all about the things that are happening in our lives. Austin cries still and says how she misses her. We lost another dear friend over a week ago, who was like a grandma in our lives too. I can’t believe how many things change so quickly.
I was so close to my grandma growing up. I always worked by where she lived and I would go there everyday after school before work and we’d have dinner together. There were so many nights that I would spend the night with her, and she had a little pillow for me growing up (which now is on Austin’s bed), we would fall asleep listening to talk radio and I have so many amazing memories of her. When I moved out from home, I moved to the apartment above my grandma, she would always have food on hand for me, and I stocked my shelves with all of her old tupperware or anything else she could dig up for me.
We had a joke since i was a little girl, i gave her a plastic little girl angel, she gave it back, i’d give it back to her, she’s give it back to me… and on and on… finally I made her keep it, and she wrote on the bottom of it, “This BELONGS to Jill”, at the end of her life, she always said “You’d better take your angel!” I said when you are go to live with the Lord, I will take my angel. When she passed away, I made sure not to leave that day without taking my precious angel with me.
One of my favorite memories was the “treat” she would always let me make. You take a glass bowl and fill it up with a handful of marshmellows, a handful of chocolate chips, 2 huge spoonfulls of peanut butter, top it with hershey’s syrup and stick it in the microwave for a couple minutes, stir and enjoy! (or get tons of cavities!) and the most important part of our little treat: DON’T TELL MOM!
I miss my grandma! I miss my friend!
Sometimes, this site sounds like my blog, sorry for that, i just wanted to share. Austin and Alexis and my wonderful hubby are all doing marvelous. They make every day so wonderful!
I can’t wait to see some of you at the auction on Saturday, the 25th, for more info. go to the post before this one.
God Bless & good night!
* Our dog, Killer has estabolished that wherever Alexis sleeps, she MUST sleep on top of her
