This week is about a family member. I picked my Grandma T. I am so thankful to have her for grandma. She is loving, caring, faithful, firm in her faith, and has the patience of a saint. I've never heard her raise her voice and have only seen her a bit frustrated a handful of times. For example, the time Grandpa came in from his garden and tracked muddy footprints across the light pink carpet. She is role model and someone who I have always looked up to.
So, in honor of her, here are 15 memories with her in no particular order:
1. She let me "fake bake" at their house. Fake baking consisted of finding random ingredients, wet and dry, and mixing them all up in a bowl. The grandma would taste it and declare it delicious. As a kid I legit thought she was trying it. I realize now, there was no way she was putting that crap in her mouth!
2. Playing, "Hide the Cube" and "Hide the Dominoes". This is exactly what it sounds like. We would hide this clear cube she kept on the piano, or dominoes. Then she would have to go search for them, or she would hide them and we would search. She would play this over and over again with us.
3. Playing the piano. She would play songs for us...especially at Christmas. There was a carol book that I always made her play, "Jingle Bells, Frosty, and Rudolph" from. And we were always allowed to bang on the piano. We sounded awful, but she just let us have at it.
4. Fun little trips together in the summer. It usually consisted of going to a local museum, but I loved it! One year she and grandpa took me to the Tulip Festival in Pella. Another time we went to Des Moines to go shopping.
5. She and grandpa let us stay by ourselves during the summer. It was fun being an only child for a week or two. Getting one on one with grandma was priceless.
6. During those weeks I could eat ANYTHING I wanted. I lived on French toast for breakfast, and many frozen pizzas and burritos. I once convinced them to take me on a wiener roast for breakfast at the state park. And one year I had an Oreo Blizzard from DQ every single night. Not even kidding.
7. She always had fun activities planned. She still tries to plan activities to this day. Lots of silly games, and there was usually a box of prizes to pick from if you won.
8.Going to school with her. She taught right across the street from her house. When I was younger I wanted to be a teacher, so I was living the dream. I would "teach" her and sit at her desk and pretend to grade papers.
9. Talks on the front porch swing. There was always something special about sitting out on the porch and just talking about life. She is always a good listener and never interrupts a story. She would tell me stories from her life as well.
10. Chariton (her town) got their first movie theater and we went to see Twister. Grandma had to leave halfway through because the movement made her motion sick!
11. She has always been open about her faith. To this day she sends me letters and tells me that she prays for me every day, and I very much believe that she does.
12. We'd always make trips to Piper's. Their local candy store. I could always pick some penny candy and then she'd buy me their infamous mints. I still love when I get a box in the mail! Although, I think they changed their recipe over the years.
13. She would play Monopoly for hours on end with me, and always let me buy Boardwalk and Park Place. I loved to bankrupt her with houses and hotels.
14. Chats at the dining room table. These have always been just as special at porch swing talks. When our whole family was there, I would always try to be the first one awake, because Grandma was always down at the table looking at the paper and drinking coffee. As soon as I would come down she would put the paper down and we would just talk.
15. Getting to see her interact with my own boys, It doesn't happen often enough, but she loves them, and I hope she'll get to watch them grow for several more years!
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