Grandmother

• Grandmother had red hair.
• She liked to cook. And she was really good at it. (The only time I’ve eaten mutton was when she cooked it.)
• She introduced us to Harry Potter.
• She introduced my mother to fantasy books, including THE BLUE SWORD which is a family favorite.
• She beat cancer, twice.
• She liked playing Freecell on the computer. She decided to try and play them all and went through them numerically. (Some of them can’t be won.)
• She played the piano. Her favorite song to play was "The Man I Love" by Gershwin.
• She liked playing card games including Pinochle, Hoof and Mouth, Grandma Doesn’t Know, Kings Corner, Lucky Duck, and Wizard.
• She barrel raced.
• She would sneak off when she was a child to read.
• I remember driving with her the big Dodge Ram truck and she always made wise cracks about a grandma behind the wheel of such a big vehicle.
• She let her grandchildren play her baby grand piano.
• She liked to goose my grandfather.
• She loved watching birds.
• She taught her sons how to use stilts while she was pregnant (Grandfather wasn’t happy).
• She loved roses.
• She would play with the neighbors’ cats, so long as they didn’t hurt her birds.
• She was fashionable in clothing and jewelry.
• She embraced technology, and introduced me to Amazon back when it just sold books.
• She loved giving her grandchildren books.
• Jell-o salad (enough said).
• She taught children to stick their tongues out.
• She liked science fiction movies and watching Turner classic movies channel.
• She would go to the Farmers Market in the summer on Saturdays to get her fresh produce for the week.
• She collected comic books such as Calvin and Hobbes, For Better or Worse, Zits, and Foxtrot.
• She liked doing puzzles.
• When I was in college we would change books back and forth.
• Her laugh was infectious.
• She earned an English Degree from BYU so she could teach.
• She believed in left overs.
• She played the organ for her church starting when she was a teenager.
• She did a biking tour of Europe when she graduated from college.
• Family was important to her and she would make arrangements when she got older and had a difficult time driving so she could attend baby and bridal showers.
• Her two older brothers spoiled her since she was the only girl and years younger than they were.
• She loved her Heavenly Father and Grandfather more than herself.