Four years ago to the day I was sitting at Bradford street with my best friend Damon and his girlfriend-another good friend of mine-at the time still silently celebrating my birthday and arrival to Albany when a sudden and unexpected phone call came into play. My grandmother was involved in a car accident with her best friend in MA and as the words came across the phone.."it doest look good" i can still hear them today. She passed away on September 26, 2005 with her best friend-I was unable to make it to the hospital in time to see her but my older brother and Uncle were. I wish to this day I could have said goodbye and told her everything and anything- Thank you, for the knowledge and compassion, Thank you for the smiles with your legs perched up on the couch reading your books, Thank you for the "could you please keep it down I'm trying to nap, Thank you for the understanding that religon doesn't come from a book but just that - an understanding, of oneself and the bible is one hell of a fictional story, Thank you for listening, Thank you the "No running by the pool" when I was growing up, and Thank you for being the best goddamned Grandmother that I ever knew, you were truly one of a kind, and i wish my little girl could have known you as you were and are-perfect.
I dont have any pictures of my grandmother on this computer So i decided on two of my daughter Amabel with her's. All I can say is this, Thank you Barb and Thank you Ruth-Ellen, both of you are and were great wives and mothers of which has evolved you into the greatest Grandmother's my little girl could ever ask for. I can only hope (and know) that she will grow up with the love and respect I had for my Memah that she has and will have for her Grandma Barb and Nannah. Thank you. I couldn't and she couldn't ask for more. xo
-love what is within arms reach if it matters.
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