My Dear Sweet Grandma passed away today.

My Grandma has had Parkinson's Disease for quite a while now, and she has been really suffering of late, so it is really a blessing that she was able pass on. She had been telling my grandpa lately, "Why can't I just get out of this old and broken body?". I know that she is happy to be with her parents and her brother now. I have a testimony of Christ's ressurection, and that one day we too can be reunited with our bodies forever. I have a testimony of Eternal Families, and am so gratefull that Heavenly Father loves us all so much, and blesses us with such hope! I will miss her so much. She is such a wonderfull, spiritual, and amazing woman!

I lived with my Grandparents for a year while I was in school, and my Grandma was my best friend! She would sleep out in the living room in the recliner, and sometimes I would sleep on the couch. She loved having her head massaged and her hair combed, so we would stay up late, me scratching her head to help her tremors go away, and her listening to me chatter and babble on and on about this and that. It was like a weekly slumber party! My Grandma has such a great sense of humor. One time the dishwasher melted a cup, so that it was shaped more like a triangle. My Grandma picked it up and said, "Your Grandpa is going to love this! Finally a cup that will fit over his nose when he drinks!" Another time I was having some chocolate milk, and my grandma asked me if I wanted her to hold it for a minute so it was "mixed real good" (because of her tremors). Edward's favorite is when one time I was telling her about a friend of mine who is Hopi (Native American) and whose parents fixed an arranged marriage for her. My grandma said. "Well, I guess they just 'Hopi' for the best!" And her cute little 'tee hee hee' laugh was so infectious!

My Grandma was a very talented woman. She loved to read and was a grammatical expert. She helped me edit my school papers several times. She got her Bachelors in "Large food quantity production" from BYU, which came in handy later when she had 10 kids and lots of visitors! She taught me how to cook, and her special recipe for french bread, Edward is very gratefull to her for that! She was an amazing seamstress. I still have the baby blanket she sewed for me. She sewed the outfits my dad and the twins are wearing in the photo to the right. But most of all she was loving, patient, and kind, a wonderfull wife, mother, and grandma, and a disciple of Christ all her life. Her testimony shone out of her and touched all who knew her. I love you Grandma!