bejogram

Dear Grace and Sam,

This morning your Great-Grandma Ann passed away. She is up in heaven now with Great-Grandpa Velmer. She’s been wanting to see him for a loooong time now, so I’m so happy she gets to see him!

I wish that you had been able to meet her. She was your Grandpa Greg’s mama. She was short. She had the thickest eyebrows on a woman I’ve ever seen. (Grace, you can thank her for your uni-brow) She was quick to laugh and always had a smile on her face. She had the kind of smile that made her whole face smile. She had very blue eyes. She always let us play in a room in her apartment that had a big freezer (where she kept ice cream buckets full of Delicious Cookies), and various odds and ends. It felt like a treasure hunt to play in that room. Her bathroom had lots of lacy doilies. She loved the Lord. She prayed. In fact, I have no doubt that she prayed for YOU! She made awesome cookies (see above). She taught Grandma Lisa how to bake the best buns on the planet. She had a mug that said “Hell, I’m better”. (I’ll tell you what Great-Grandpa’s mug said when you’re older) She was a wicked good card player. And a really fabulously wonderful woman.

Love you Grandma.