Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘Grandma’

Rose Coloured Glasses

Posted in Family, Random Thoughts on Life, tagged , , on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today I found them. The Rose Coloured Glasses. When I wrote my post about my grandma, the day she died, I commented:
She was the type of woman who told it like it is, but everything was always seen through rose coloured glasses — with a pragmatic edge that made us all love her even more.
Today, [...]

Read Full Post »

Photo, Hockey, Relax

Posted in Family, Friends, Random Thoughts on Life, tagged , on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Tonight I had a good friend over to watch th hockey game. Awesome job Canucks! I was most impressed. The boys were fantastic.  Then I took a moment to upload a photo to my grandma’s carrot cake page. I made the cake for Easter last week.  It was a hit for me and my family.
Short [...]

Read Full Post »

Easter

Posted in Family, Friends, tagged , on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In many ways, this Easter was a beginning: the first family holiday where my grandma wasn’t there. Saturday night, I spent the evening baking and remembering my grandma.  Easter was a day spent with family and friends. My friends Mel and Cameron came with me, and we went to my family’s cabin and spent the [...]

Read Full Post »

Cooking and Baking

Posted in Family, Running, tagged , on April 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m doing better; Feeling like myself, but feeling a bit fragile.  It’s not that I care about situations and the like, but I know that I can’t take anything more. So that means I am paying careful attention to what I do, where I go etc. Because I don’t want to put myself in an [...]

Read Full Post »

Goodbye…

Posted in Family, tagged on April 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Today was my grandma’s memorial, celebration of life, service.  It was beautiful. First, the pastor spoke, followed by my uncle, who gave the Eulogy, two of my cousin’s kids spoke of their memories then, my brother and three cousins all spoke on behalf of each family.  We are all blessed to have known, loved, and [...]

Read Full Post »

Grandma’s Obituary…

Posted in Family, tagged on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

My Grandma’s Obituary:

Read Full Post »

Heart broken

Posted in Family, tagged on March 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Today’s a day when my heart broke. My grandma died at 4:10am of a massive heart attack. No pain, quite sudden, exactly as she wanted. She was a beautiful, smart, strong, happy, healthy woman, who didn’t want to put her family through the pain and suffering of watching a loved one fail. She was loved [...]

Read Full Post »