grandma 60, great gma 76, mom 31 and me 16
This photo was taken at her surprise birthday party she had no
clue we were coming from Wyoming just to celebrate with her 🙂
13yrs ago I was due April 29th with my son. I actually wanted to be late by 2 days
so he could born on May 1st not for any other reason than to be born on the
most beautiful lady of my childhood…my grandmothers birthday
She passed away Feb 2000 while I was pregnant with him
Instead of 2 days late he came a month early on April Fools day
So I got my first of the month birthdate guess I just didn’t specify MAY well enough
She helped raise me since I was a baby until we moved to Wyoming
when I was in middle school and we left Texas
I will never forget lemons for snacks,
Blue Bell icecream always in the freezer,
Fresh cakes and getting to lick the beaters,
Folgers coffee smell in the kitchen,
A/C in like every room it seemed,
Never a day w/o makeup even if going no where,
painting my nails with her always wanting red,
me always playing dress up with her high heels,
how she dolled up her toy poodles from bows to toenails painted
even put them in a playpen they were her babies after her kids
were all grown
She always said shoot fire vs cussing
then one day she was looking in the fridge and she said shitfire
I said uhhhmm grandma I am telling my mommy you cussed
she said that was okay because she was my mommys
mommy and could say what she wanted lol
There was a very dark side of life growing up with
her that I choose to block and not think about
however do lecture my kids about
as a result of watching as I grew up
I knew what in men I would never accept in my life
she made me promise to never let a man treat me like
my grandfather treated her
I promised and cried why didn’t she ever leave
the only answer I ever got was she made her bed and had to lie in it 😦
I didn’t understand then what I do now
and all I can say
I wish she had -had a better life but I know she loved more as a result
with the purest of hearts from the most hurt of pains
She may not have led by example but her words
have always been with me and lessons learned from watching
Happy Birthday Grandma Weaver you are loved and missed daily
My only sadness is she never saw my kids in person
only thru pictures did she watch them grow
Life is too short, too precious and slips away without notice
Cherish what is here today
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