I have many memories of Grandpa and Grandma. I feel very blessed to have such examples of righteousness in my life for so many years and that my own children have been blessed to know their great grandparents.
As you all know, Grandma was very faithful when it came to writing in her journal. She would often try to get me to write a few things when I would visit her as a child. As an incentive, she bought me a pretty Hello Kitty journal. She would sit me down at the family table and put me to work. I have not been very good at keeping a regular journal over the years, but this year one of my goals has been to write a little something each day and I haven't missed a day since I started January 2nd. I can imagine Grandma would be proud of that and maybe see that her hard work had eventually paid off.
I loved the warm, beautiful days of summer at their old brown house. I spent many happy summers there picking grapes, picking raspberries (which Grams would put into cream and sugar for us), climbing trees and playing in the barn. Grandpa would sometimes give us rides on the tractor and I remember when he had that dog, Sham, and how well he had him trained. Sometimes Grandpa would flood the yard and Grams would put small cut pieces of 2x4's in the water and we pretended they were alligators and tried not to let them touch our feet or legs. Do you remember those "wiggly snakes" Grandma used to buy? I found some of those on Amazon a while back and they brought back memories of playing with them at their house.
I will add more when I have a little more time. I hope you will add your own memories soon.
