We celebrated my dear grandmothers 93rd birthday recently. What a blessing and sheer delight to have the gift of my grandma and her 93 years! If you’ve been here any time at all, you know that I consider my grandma my very best friend. She is such a treasure to me and to my family. Traditionally, we take a meal to her home, and though we missed Audra this year, we brought her along the best way we knew how. We have so many wonder filled memories over the years of taking a meal to my grandma on her birthday. My grandma likes to be at home on her birthday because she gets so many visits and doesn’t want to miss one person!
Victoria and I made a passed-down family recipe for a savory breakfast brunch into a Trim Healthy Mama dish and Victoria served it along with a fresh spinach salad with toppings galore! Salads have been one of my favorites lately, and I thought I may have gone overboard in all the toppings I brought along; but the empty containers confirmed that everyone enjoyed the salad and all of the toppings, too! Oh, the joyful memories of meals around this round table. This table is a circle of love to me. As a young girl, my little family, and both my grandparents, would sit elbow-to-elbow and talk and laugh and share life and many a meal at this table. I remember my grandpa calling me Little Girl as he handed me cottage cheese or macaroni and cheese. I remember the love felt in the hard wood chairs. I remember smiles and nods and pats and hugs. I remember the sofa and chair being covered in the very same fabric all these years. My grandma was always the one that would serve. As the years have come full circle, she now is served.
I love my grandma for so many reasons. She is such a gift to me and my family. Grandma was thrilled with the picture of the children, and her, wearing her rain bonnets! Smiles all around.
Grandma is such a beautiful and beauty filled woman.
Even with her eyes failing her, my dear grandma noticed, and enjoyed, the handiwork details of the table cloth I’d brought to use, that The Salesman’s grandmother had made and given to us years ago. She has the most beautiful smile.
This last week, as we were ending one of our many phone conversations, my grandma tenderly said, “I love you Little Girl.” Her words took me back many years and my heart is so full and thankful for my grandma.
Though her flesh fails, she has loved well.