26 June 2013

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.

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