Made New

My Grandma Grace is now in Heaven. It has been a challenging few weeks. She actually passed on June 14. We spent the last 5 days & nights at her bed side.

There are tons of wonderful things I can share with you but I will start with this:

Mikkena knows that grandma knew Jesus and that she would go to heaven when she died. I was worried that she would get confused at the funeral visitation that Grandma was still here. So, I made sure we talked about leaving the "old" body here and getting a new one in heaven.
At the visitation Mikkena and I walked up to the coffin and she said, "Yep, that kinda looks like Grandma" then she paused a minute. Then she said " Do we get to see her new body?" I told her that we would have to wait until it was our turn to go to heaven. She was a little disappointed that she had to wait. She is so very excited that Grandma got to go to heaven. It seems a little strange to have her so happy about something that makes most people cry.

Puzzle

Sometimes talking with Mikkena is like putting a puzzle together.

We were in the van yesterday, she was telling me a story about one of her friends....

"Mom, one of my friends has a brother that is mean"

"Oh really, what does he do?"

"He tells her he has something for her, then he scares her"

"Oh, that's not very nice. What friend is that?"

"I don't remember her name. She came to our house once for a party."

So now I go through my brain thinking who it could be.

Then she adds, "Her name is not Sari and her name is not Hannah".

This is a weird clue because Sari is not her friend she is Megan's friend and Hannah is not a friend she is a cousin. So tick tick tick goes my brain to figure this one out.

Megan finally says "Mom I think she means Sarah. The first part of Sari and the last part of Hannah."

Mikkena agrees "Yep it's Sarah".

Mystery solved!

How old are you?

Do you ever look at your kids and wonder how they could possibly have gotten that old. Now I realize 5 1/2 isn't old, but I swear it feels like Mikkena should still be a baby or toddler. Today Mikkena used the term 24/7. She was again commenting on the rain. She said "it's been raining 24/7". I just thought it seemed like a funny thing for her to say.

We are not even going to try to figure where the years went with Megan. How she could be turning 14 in just a few weeks is a mystery to me. Thank God..."Thank you God" that she isn't into the same interests I was at that same age.

Now the lady in the mirror...who is she? I hear her 20 year High school reunion is also in a few weeks. Weird!!!!

Is it Summer yet?

Yesterday Mikkena asked me "what if it never stops raining". I told her it would stop. But today I am wondering..... It feels like we haven't seen the sun for weeks!! Even Megan and Mikale are feeling the blues. They rap up in their fuzzy blankets and just stare out the window.

My Grandma is now on oxygen and will be moving to a nursing home on Friday.

I finally figured out the Summer extra curricular schedule for the kids. I was struggling to get 3 children to their different activities. I think I got it all worked out. Yay !!!!

Where have you been?

Well, I guess I have waited long enough for a comment from Jon Bon Jovi. I guess he doesn't read my blog.

I have been busy with end of the school year stuff and my Grandma. So out goes the blogging.

My grandma has taken ill. (heart, lungs and water retention problems). She is 94 years old and up until now has been in really good health. She has been living in an apartment and now she needs to go to a nursing home. She seems okay with that. She knows she can't take care of herself anymore. I thought about having her come live with us, but I am not sure that would be any help. We are on the run for hours at a time. Plus. we might be a little difficult to live with (its not very quiet around here).

I have been thinking about my Grandma a lot lately and will post soon about some of my favorite things/memories about her. She is a wonderful Grandma and Great Grandma. I love her very much. Of her 4 Grandchildren only 2 of us have children. However, both of us have named children after her. (Mikkena Grace and Emma Grace).

Hopefully I'll Be back soon.