A Beautiful Lady

My great grandma Reed passed away last week. She was 97 years old and so it was her time. I will miss her, she was a special grandma. I always remember having sleepovers with her and my grandpa when I was a little girl. We'd stay up late and play games, they loved playing games! We would always have ice-cream too. I remember several times going to plays with both of them and they never missed any of the concerts I was involved in with school. Grandma always liked to present herself well by always having her and make-up done and dressing nice, she was a classy lady. She was always very polite.

A few years back Grandma was put into a nursing home. Since it wasn't too far away from our home Ellah and I would try and visit her every week or so. Every time we went to the fruit and veggie store we would be sure and make a visit to grandma. Ellah loved to visit grandma Reed too. I think they could understand each other in a way I couldn't understand. I remember one time we went to visit, Ellah climbed up on her lap and grandma kissed her on the for head and said, "we're in love, aren't we?" Too cute. She always remembered Ellah's name, even though she would sometimes confuse me for someone else as she aged. Grandma loves sweets so every time Ellah and I would visit we would be sure and bring something sweet to share with Grandma. Ellah Lu would always be the one to feed and share our treat with grandma.

I don't think that Ellah fully understands that Grandma Reed is not at the nursing home anymore. After I found out that grandma had passed away I went and tried to explain to Ellah. She was so sweet she said, "yes mom now we can only visit her with Jesus." "Mom I think grandma can walk now." "Mom I think Grandma can eat her favorite cake now." I don't know where she came up with some of this stuff but I think it's so sweet. We both loved Grandma Reed.

The last time I brought my camera to the nursing home was on Halloween. Ellah wanted to paint Grandma Reed a pumpkin and bring it to her. Grandma had this pumpkin sitting next to her bed all the way up until just before Christmas. We love Grandma and will think about her often, every time we got to the fruit and veggie store we will remember our visits.