Today was my grandma Elsie's memorial service..I had the privilege of sharing with everyone a poem that I wrote about her, based on a letter I wrote her a couple weeks before she died. It was a beautiful service...really strange though to see the urn where her ashes are sitting up there knowing that was my grandma. The urn has butterflies on it which I thought was beautiful and perfect cuz grandma loved butterfliess...funny, b/c I do too. Funerals have really united my small family the last couple years...first with my dad, then my cousin Christopher who was only 6, and now grandma...so good is definitely brought out of them.
Here is the poem that I wrote:
Today is a day of remembering and celebrating my grandma's life.
These are the things I will never forget.
Her laugh
Her smile
and how it could light up a room
Her acts and words of kindness
Her warm and loving countenance
and the prayers she prayed for her family and friends every night.
Her love and support for all we do
The root of her worry for others
was out of a heart that cared so deeply.
The way she took care of others
and welcomed them into her home
always with great food made with love to share
and conversations that would last for hours.
She was a model of a beautiful woman,
who was giving, kind, generous, hardworking, funny, caring and loving.
She was a committed wife
and her and grandpa modeled a marriage rooted in faith, laughter, and love.
We all can learn from her life
the way she gave relentlessly
her thoughtfulness in all she did
her persistent prayers and her faith in God
and the way she loved those around her unconditionally.
Today is a day of remembering and celebrating the life of my grandma.
And though she will be greatly missed,
she has left a legacy of love and memories in our hearts.
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