This lovely Friday marks what would have been my grandma's 80th birthday. Before last month, I had never lost a person I was really close with. On one hand, I feel blessed to have lived nearly 27 years before experiencing the loss of a person that was so dear to my heart. I'm grateful that when I did lose a person so important to my life, it was one who had led a pretty long, happy life. But on the other hand, it still hasn't been easy by any stretch. As anyone whose lost someone close to them can probably relate, I think it may be the worst feeling in the world to have this aching that can never be satisfied, a hole in your heart because someone you loved has passed away. You wish you could talk to them and just hear their voice again. I look for signs of her everywhere, ... [Read More]
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A Tribute to My Grandma
Happy Mothers Day! I think it's fitting to share a post about my grandma with you all on the day of the year dedicated to celebrating the wonderful mothers and grandmothers in our lives. I've been blessed with such an awesome mom, and am also lucky to have grown up with an amazing grandma, who passed away a little over a week ago. I think that for a lot of people, a grandma is someone they see a few times a year at holidays, get weird gifts from that they'll never use, and never have real conversations about life with. For me, when my grandma passed away, I lost one of the closest people in the world to me. My grandma was such a selfless person. She worried about us before she worried about herself. She'd do anything for the people she loved, almost to a fault. If you ... [Read More]