The Circle of Life

This week my thoughts have belonged to my late Grandma Edna Rae.  She would have been 89 years old this past Tuesday January 11^th.  Today is the 6-year anniversary of her death.  And although my kids never got to meet her, I keep an old black and white photo of her framed in the dining room. 

My Grandma was a true southern woman.  She held steadfast to her beliefs and she was very involved in her church.  The memories I have of my Grandma include huge meals full of southern style casseroles and salty hams.  And that little candy dish that I could always count on being full of good treats.  She always dressed snazzy and even into her elderly years, her makeup and hair always had to be perfect.

I wish she’d had the chance to meet my children.  I think she would’ve enjoyed them.  So this is the circle of life.  And what a short one it is.  As a result, I’m eternally grateful for the time that my children get to spend with each of their grandparents.  Each one contributing something different and unique that helps to form my children into the little people they are today and the adults that they will become some day.  And I’m sure that somewhere within me is a little piece of my Grandma that is being passed on to my kids as well.  If nothing else, the green bean casserole definitely is!