A Letter to My Grandmother

Dear Grandmother,

This morning, at the hospital, the tears shed by my 13 year old boy for you was all the evidence I needed to prove you touched more than just my heart. I want you to know you are priceless! I don't believe you were really ever told this…if so, not enough. However, I do know Grandaddy saw you for the jewel that you truly are. And, I do, too!

After Grandaddy passed, the praises were sung about the legacy he left as a friend, brother, dad, husband, and grandaddy; but what about you, the woman that walked in his shadow. I believe he was the man he was because of you. The woman that loved him unconditionally. You never got the spotlight, but today I want tell you how you shined so bright in my life.

I always looked forward to playing hooky from school just so I could spend the day with you. I know you knew I wasn't truly sick…why else would you fry me up some eggs, bacon, and toast for breakfast? And, I always loved our late nights watching The Carol Burnett Show and Love Connection. And, what an amazing privilege to pick your whiskers!

I will never forget how you took care of my first newborn son, a preemie, the first year of his life. I was so young, newly married, a mother for the first time, and so scared to leave him. But 80 years old, you loved my baby, your great grand-baby, with only a love so sweet and tender that a Godly woman like yourself could have. Your sugars are truly the best.

My sweetest memories though are the most recent ones. The conversations we had each week when I came to bathe you. The laughs we shared over our Taco Casa. The cookies you had ready for your great grand-babies. I'm so thankful for this intimate time that God gave us together. It truly was an answered prayer.

Grandmother, God has been teaching me so much in this new season of mine. He's been teaching me to be more like you. Your selfless love that goes beyond affection to self sacrificing service. How did you serve? How did you not serve? You served your friends, your sisters and brothers, parents, husband, children, children in-laws, and it didn't end with your grandchildren. You invested in people. You were intentional in your relationships.

You loved BIG! I'm so thankful for the legacy you have left in my heart. You loved to talk and never wanted people to go. Now here I am longing to hear your voice one last time, not wanting you to go.

I love you, Grandmother!


Love always,
Sarah