Monday Memories

As Easter passed yesterday, I was thinking about growing up and my Grandparents.

I don't really remember them being around much at this time of the year as I was a youngster---since we lived in Florida and they lived in Ohio. I didn't think I'd really have a memory to share...but then I dug into my memory bank a bit more and here is what I found....

I DO remember getting together as my older boys were babies and they were living in a town near us. I have a sweet picture of Grandma Easter Egg hunting with ds 2 when he was only a few months old. He had just gotten over Chicken Pox...she is holding his pudgy body and showing him the eggs up at the River.

I also remember them coming over to church a few times in the years before we left Tampa. The kids loved to hunt eggs and visit with their grandparents....The last Easter that Grandpa was alive, they came over to the house for Easter dinner. DS 4 was only a few weeks old. The older boys got silly string in their baskets and Uncle G. was showing them how to fight with it. They had quite a string war in my front yard. I can still hear Grandpa laughing over it. He loved to watch the boys play and have fun. It brought him great joy.

Yes, that was a precious time. I don't think any of us realized just how much we should have savored the day. We didn't realize that in a few short months he would be gone.

There's not a day that goes by that I don't think of this amazing man. He was a blessing to each of us. I am grateful that I DO have Easter memories that I shall cherish with both of my Grandparents. And my children do too. What a treasure.

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