For All the Grandmothers {and everybody who loves them}

 

In honor of Mother's Day this weekend, I thought I'd write a post dedicated to all the wonderful grandmothers that have helped make me a good mom. My Grammy passed away almost 5 years ago and even though it seems like so long since I've seen her, I still remember everything about her. I remember small things - she was a wonderful hostess, she loved to cook, she liked to see kids shriek when she popped balloons, and she was afraid of snakes....and more important things - like how she hugged me when I walked in to her kitchen when we arrived and how she took such good care of me when I would spend the night. As I look at parts of the woman I've become, I see pieces of myself that I think I get from her. Aww, I miss her so much! I can't wait to see her in Heaven one day!

My other grandmother is Dede. I love Dede so much! We lived with Dede and Papa for the first few years of my life and then only lived 10 minutes away from then so I saw Dede all the time. She is such a generous and loving woman. My first memories of hearing about Jesus are from her. Also my first memories of shopping :) I love that our dining room table is the one she picked out for her home decades ago. I am always up for a girls' date with her!

This is an old photo from one of my baby showers - nobody freak out now. 

Then there are the new grandmothers in our lives - Mamy and Nana. It has been sweet and wonderful to see our  moms become grandmothers to Eva. I think they have the forever loving, always spoiling, arms wide open grandma role down pretty good! When Eva sees these women she runs to them and never wants them to leave! I am so thankful that she has such wonderful grandmas who love her so very much. I hope that she can continue to have strong relationships with them as she grows up because our moms are so amazing.

So Happy Grand-Mothers Day to Mamy, Nana, Mamaw (Ryan's grandma), Dede and Grammy. I love each of you and appreciate the love you have poured into our family!