There are so many times we talk about making memories and then we don't think about them until later in life. I am really missing my Grammy today and miss having the convenience of calling the high school and hearing her say "Vinton County High School." But there are so many wonderful memories that I have of her and want to hold on to that keep flooding back to me right now. I am ever grateful to my dear husband for my last trip to Myrtle Beach with my Gram. Even though it was not the most action packed trip of shopping or building sandcastles, its still a vacation that will forever mean the world to me. Getting to have a week with my Gram just sitting beside her, talking with her, and helping out in anyway she needed was very conforting to me. The last several years have been very hard because life has taken over and lessend the time to spend with extended family. But just sitting there on the balcony watching the ocean brought back so many times of the two of us sitting at the mall or on a curb people watching. Yes I miss my Gram dearly but am also rejoicing in the fact that she is no longet in pain from the cancer that overtook her body. She is know resting in the arms of our Lord and Savior pain free and happy. I know that I will one day get to see her again and this is the one thing that keeps me from crying everytime I think of her.
So kids what I want to tell you from this experiecnce that I have been working through over the last several months is don't wait until its to late to pick up the phone and say "Hey I am thinking of you and want you to know I love you." Dont just think that you will forever have the people who have been there all your life. Cherish each day, think about the things you have done together and why they are such loved memories. Share with those people some of your favorite times together so they know how much those times mean to you. Don't wait until they are no longet her to walk down memory lane with, but take a stoll together now.
