Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Great Grandma Florence

My great grandma died earlier today. She was 94 (I think) and what an amazing life she lived. She was a world traveler, a collector, a gardener, an artist, and a wonderful Christian lady. I have some wonderful memories of visiting her when I was young and playing in the bedroom closet that mysteriously connected to another bedroom, kind of like the Narnia closet! She was my dad's grandma and it was so nice that she could spend the last year of her life in close proximity to her only grandson. She absolutely adored him. Grandma got to meet Lincoln while we visited last week which was a blessing from God. She was so looking forward to meeting Lincoln at Thanksgiving when we had initially intended on traveling but, sadly our plans changed. She had a stroke around Christmas time which came close to taking her life but left her instead with just a little bit of fight. She was in such great health before the stroke and an amazing pillar of strength. Luckily my family rests assured that Grandma is in heaven, feeling better than ever and finally at peace once again. Thank you Lord for giving her one more week so that she could meet Lincoln. I think she held on just for him!

1 comment:

Jamie said...

Ash,
I'm so sorry to hear about your Grandma, but so glad she got to meet Lincoln! I'm glad to hear you had such a good trip, too!
Love,
Jamie