Whew! It's been a long, long time since I have posted an entry -about a month! Much has happened, many stories to tell.
I went to Iowa for a couple weeks to visit my grandmas. One of them passed away while I was there. I am sad she is gone and deeply touched by the grace and dignity by which she lived her life and passed out of it. In her passing she left me many teachings to live by. She died at home in her own bed with all six of her children by her side. Within an hour of her death, her home was filled with almost 20 relatives, planning to come over for dinner anyway. It was the Saturday of Easter weekend which is very auspicious for any good Catholic. It was her faith that gave her strength and a sense of ease with her illness and the end of her life. She lived to be 87. One comment I heard from many people who knew her was that "you had to bribe her to get any kind of complaint out of her." This from the man who came to give her communion every Wednesday and was my mom's former Latin teacher. He said he wanted to write a book, Wednesdays with Gladys.
I visited my other grandma to take her on a bit of a road trip. We went to visit great grandbabies. There are three new ones she had yet to see. We visited two, both about six months old and both totally adorable - of course. We stayed at a bed & breakfast (for the first time in her life) in LaCrosse and the oldest hotel in Illinois in Galena. It was fun but it wore her out. I took a delightful picture of her I will have to post here....but now I am off. It has been two years now since our friend Scott passed on and friends are gathering in his memory for a night of music.
