Photo-A-Day 2.0 #01553

My last living grandparent passed away yesterday morning. My father’s mother, Grandma Bennett died peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of April 3rd. She was a lovely woman who had an incredible heart for her family and with grandma, everyone was family. She had a list of all of her grandchildren, great-grand children and so many others with all of their important birth details. she never forgot anyone’s birthday and she welcomed everyone into the family. If you were a step grandchild twice removed, it did not matter to grandma, you were family and she loved you. That is who she was. I was fortunate to visit with her last month to say good bye. She helped me and my family so much over the years and we are eternally grateful for that.

I have all the photos from everyone in the family to put together the tribute video for her wake and funeral which will be happening on Thursday. Things are moving quickly on that and we are all trying to get things taken care of in order to go to the funeral. The photo of Grandma and Grandpa with all their kids at McCoy stadium is one of my all time favorite photos. Not just because I took it but it reminds me of how tight and loving this family was when I was growing up. something I don’t think I ever truly appreciated until I got older.