My Grams

[Exian]

I feel bad for everyone else on this planet for not having my grandma as their grandma, but some people just draw the short straw. Dems da breaks. She's had a few heart surgeries, and has decided to bravely stare death in the face this time around. She won't be having anymore surgeries. The doc said there's nothin more they can do for her, if she declines. She's decided instead to throw a huge party and get the whole family together. She'll basically be alive for her own funeral. Did I mention she's a bad ass?

This woman is a tigress. If I were you, I wouldn't mess with me or any other member of her family. She'll shoot you dead. My mom tells a story of a bully at school; when my mother told my grandma about this bully, her response was "Throw a brick at his face." Hahaha No nonsense.

Here's my little stick of dynamite.


I couldn't possibly encapsulate all that she means to me in one post. I could go on and on about how she was always my best audience, always laughing histarically at my lame jokes, or how quick she was to shoot right back. I could go into great detail about how she has fostered a generation of creative talent in my family, but I couldn't possibly do her justice. (She once drew a tree trunk that taught me all I needed to know about understanding form, I was 6)

I'm gonna miss this broad when she goes. She is definitely one of the good Christians.

An asides:
She has wasted no time in appropriating her stuff haha She's never been one for material things. We found this in her basement. It's a book issued to her father before he fought in WWII. She plans on giving me all his stuff, which includes a bloody swastika he ripped off one of his fallen enemies.



Took this just because I could t believe my daughter is almost as tall as her lol

[rexbeccarox]

I'm so sorry about your Grams, but I'm so happy for you that you've had her. She sounds like a blast! Can I come to her "funeral"?

Just kidding. Hang in there, and be sure to help her go out with a real bang

[Exian]

Thanks, Rexbeccs. I plan on getting her liquored up haha Why not?

We're in an odd position where we get to say goodbye, and all those health worries go out the window. She started drinking coffee again. I might even buy her a pack of smokes lol I'm so happy she gets to go out on her own terms. She deserves it.

I'm really having a hard time being sad with this.

[SteelCurtain]

That's the way I want to go out. She sounds like an awesome lady, Exian.

I hope she lasts a while longer, and I hope she's comfortable. Most of all, I hope she has a blast at her last hoorah. She sounds like she deserves to be celebrated.

[Athene]

I feel bad for everyone else on this planet for not having my grandma as their grandma, but some people just draw the short straw. Dems da breaks. She's had a few heart surgeries, and has decided to bravely stare death in the face this time around. She won't be having anymore surgeries. The doc said there's nothin more they can do for her, if she declines. She's decided instead to throw a huge party and get the whole family together. She'll basically be alive for her own funeral. Did I mention she's a bad ass?

This woman is a tigress. If I were you, I wouldn't mess with me or any other member of her family. She'll shoot you dead. My mom tells a story of a bully at school; when my mother told my grandma about this bully, her response was "Throw a brick at his face." Hahaha No nonsense.

Here's my little stick of dynamite.


I couldn't possibly encapsulate all that she means to me in one post. I could go on and on about how she was always my best audience, always laughing histarically at my lame jokes, or how quick she was to shoot right back. I could go into great detail about how she has fostered a generation of creative talent in my family, but I couldn't possibly do her justice. (She once drew a tree trunk that taught me all I needed to know about understanding form, I was 6)

I'm gonna miss this broad when she goes. She is definitely one of the good Christians.

An asides:
She has wasted no time in appropriating her stuff haha She's never been one for material things.  We found this in her basement. It's a book issued to her father before he fought in WWII. She plans on giving me all his stuff, which includes a bloody swastika he ripped off one of his fallen enemies.



Took this just because I could t believe my daughter is almost as tall as her lol

"Throw a brick at him." That's priceless! I love tough little ladies

[Exian]

Me too! I'm trying to retrace all the stories she's told me, so I can end up in her position. I've imagined this 100 hundred times, and never thought we'd be this lucky. I always imagined it sudden.

[SteelCurtain]

Well, you'll be looking at a reminder of her your whole life. Your daughter looks exactly like her.

[Exian]

Man, that's funny you say that, Steel. My daughter has always had long hair and no glasses, and since she cut it short (and dyed it blue) and got glasses, it never dawned on me that she looks like Grandma, untill I took this photo early today. Everyone in my family made the same comment.

[Whateverist]

Is that your grams with your daughter? Congrats on scoring a good granny and having her in your daughter's life. My wife remembers fondly coming down to tea with her great grandmother before she started school. At that time both her immediate family and her great grandmother were living with her grandmother who was a widow. One of them taught her to tat and she has gone on to become an internationally renown textile artist.

[Thumpalumpacus]

What a wonderful woman she must be. May her days be filled with joy, that y'all make beautiful memories.