I have 2 stories, both having to do w/ my grandma.
For my grandma's 100th b-day, I decided to give her a special birthday present. I bought a custom-made fleece blanket for her.
There were 4 gigantic pictures on it. I got part of the family together, and was able to get my mom, aunt, grandma, my sister and my dog together and we took a picture outside of us. That was one picture I used. Then I used a picture of my grandma holding my dog Sunshine (my grandma adored that dog), then used just a picture of Sunshine and then a 4th picture (that i can't remember what it was at the moment) --- then I put 4 sayings around the edges of the blanket around the 4 pictures. I wish I could remember all the sayings but, 1 of the saying was, You are Special. and another I remember was, I love you! and the other I remember is, You are God's Gift --- I'd need to find the blanket to see what the other sayings were.
But, when she was opening it, I got it on video and, as soon as she saw it and we opened it up for her to see, she had this gigantic smile on her face but then she started to cry because she was so happy. She asked me why I gave this to her and I told her, because I love you so much and you mean so much to me. She continued crying and told me I'm so thoughtful and that she loves me so much and that she loved the blanket more then anything.
She kept the blanket on her bed and would sleep with it every night.
Then for Christmas when she was 101, I worked for nearly 6 months creating a scrapbook for her. I began with the "early moments" of both her and her husband's life -- the earliest picture I have of my grandma was when she was 4 years old in 1914 and her and a friend of hers was sitting in a large hay bale in farm (in brooklyn, ny) and 2 pics of my grandfather --- one when he was only a few months old in 1915 and when he was about 3 or 4 yrs old while on a tricycle with a horse and buggy in the background. But, I started with those pictures and added special sayings and pictures that you get at craft stores and all the pics took 2 scrapbooks to do. I did each page with a different fun-craft scissors and went up through the years of her life and then of her marriage to my grandfather, adding in her 4 children and their lives to them growing up/getting married and having their own kids and showed current pictures of all of her grandchildren (and then another page of her "grand dogs" --- yes, grand doggies lol. But, I used special photo website to put these pictures in, like the picture of my sister w/ one of her siblings, both of their faces were in flowers showing they were playing in the yard and used different themes per picture depending on what the picture showcased as to what the person was doing at the time.
Anyway, that was my Christmas present for her and again, same reaction. She was so excited to look through those scrapbooks. And she did cry again and was like, you are such a good girl. I love you so much. You are so special to think of me like this and she gave me a great big hug and kiss. But, the pictures brought her joy, happiness and laughter and she loved reminiscing and would tell me stories to go along w/ the pictures.
My grandma lived to be 102 and her mind was completely intact and iif you joked around w/ her, she'd have a comeback so fast you wouldn't believe it.
I loved that lady so much. She was a great positive role model in my life. I miss her very much.
At her funeral, i mean at the funeral parlor, I had asked the directors there for a special request. I asked them if they could play the song, You are Beautiful by Phil Wickham and I provided the CD and they played it all throughout the wake and they played the song for a bit during the following day as well.
Afterwards, one of the older gentleman that was there, came up to me as we were packing up our things at the funeral parlor, and he said to me, is it ok if I give you a hug? I said ok. So he gave me a hug and he said to me, I could tell you really loved your grandma so much. I have never seen a grand daughter do as much as you did for your grandma and your family. You must've had a special relationship w/ her and the song choice you chose to play, was just beautiful. He told me I was very thoughtful and kind.
I had also made 2 collages of my grandma's life w/ us over the prior 5 years and displayed that at the wake and everyone looked at it and made remarks. So, it was special and, I'd do it again for her in a heartbeat.
For my grandma's 100th b-day, I decided to give her a special birthday present. I bought a custom-made fleece blanket for her.
There were 4 gigantic pictures on it. I got part of the family together, and was able to get my mom, aunt, grandma, my sister and my dog together and we took a picture outside of us. That was one picture I used. Then I used a picture of my grandma holding my dog Sunshine (my grandma adored that dog), then used just a picture of Sunshine and then a 4th picture (that i can't remember what it was at the moment) --- then I put 4 sayings around the edges of the blanket around the 4 pictures. I wish I could remember all the sayings but, 1 of the saying was, You are Special. and another I remember was, I love you! and the other I remember is, You are God's Gift --- I'd need to find the blanket to see what the other sayings were.
But, when she was opening it, I got it on video and, as soon as she saw it and we opened it up for her to see, she had this gigantic smile on her face but then she started to cry because she was so happy. She asked me why I gave this to her and I told her, because I love you so much and you mean so much to me. She continued crying and told me I'm so thoughtful and that she loves me so much and that she loved the blanket more then anything.
She kept the blanket on her bed and would sleep with it every night.
Then for Christmas when she was 101, I worked for nearly 6 months creating a scrapbook for her. I began with the "early moments" of both her and her husband's life -- the earliest picture I have of my grandma was when she was 4 years old in 1914 and her and a friend of hers was sitting in a large hay bale in farm (in brooklyn, ny) and 2 pics of my grandfather --- one when he was only a few months old in 1915 and when he was about 3 or 4 yrs old while on a tricycle with a horse and buggy in the background. But, I started with those pictures and added special sayings and pictures that you get at craft stores and all the pics took 2 scrapbooks to do. I did each page with a different fun-craft scissors and went up through the years of her life and then of her marriage to my grandfather, adding in her 4 children and their lives to them growing up/getting married and having their own kids and showed current pictures of all of her grandchildren (and then another page of her "grand dogs" --- yes, grand doggies lol. But, I used special photo website to put these pictures in, like the picture of my sister w/ one of her siblings, both of their faces were in flowers showing they were playing in the yard and used different themes per picture depending on what the picture showcased as to what the person was doing at the time.
Anyway, that was my Christmas present for her and again, same reaction. She was so excited to look through those scrapbooks. And she did cry again and was like, you are such a good girl. I love you so much. You are so special to think of me like this and she gave me a great big hug and kiss. But, the pictures brought her joy, happiness and laughter and she loved reminiscing and would tell me stories to go along w/ the pictures.
My grandma lived to be 102 and her mind was completely intact and iif you joked around w/ her, she'd have a comeback so fast you wouldn't believe it.
I loved that lady so much. She was a great positive role model in my life. I miss her very much.
At her funeral, i mean at the funeral parlor, I had asked the directors there for a special request. I asked them if they could play the song, You are Beautiful by Phil Wickham and I provided the CD and they played it all throughout the wake and they played the song for a bit during the following day as well.
Afterwards, one of the older gentleman that was there, came up to me as we were packing up our things at the funeral parlor, and he said to me, is it ok if I give you a hug? I said ok. So he gave me a hug and he said to me, I could tell you really loved your grandma so much. I have never seen a grand daughter do as much as you did for your grandma and your family. You must've had a special relationship w/ her and the song choice you chose to play, was just beautiful. He told me I was very thoughtful and kind.
I had also made 2 collages of my grandma's life w/ us over the prior 5 years and displayed that at the wake and everyone looked at it and made remarks. So, it was special and, I'd do it again for her in a heartbeat.
