Adventures in Grandmotherhood

I have often been surprised, delighted

and touched by this thing called
Grandmother-hood. 

Who knew that grandmothers were such special people?

Well I guess when I look at it that way....

I DID!!!

I had the most spectacularly amazing grandmothers,

and I don't think they did anything more

than make me feel  that
I was the center of THEIR universe. 

My grandmothers were two very different

women and I loved them both equally. 

One for her practicality and unconditional acceptance

and the other for her vibrant bigger than life self,

along with that same unconditional acceptance. 

I now realize how blessed I was to have

these two special ladies in my life. 

Funny,

because when I started this post it was all about
ME.

  I will give you a quick glimpse at these

two very special ladies.
I think a future post may be in order
in honor of them both.

Can you guess which is which by my description?

Mary -
Making her

ever famous Anise Easter cakes.

Each cake had Easter Eggs in their center 
sporting our names.
When you think how many she made...
she had five married children and
ended up with 13 grandchildren.
and she always wore and apron...I
actually own one of them.

and Mary on her wedding day.

(I had to throw this one in because I have

always loved it so much and it gave me

and excuse to finally scan it)

and Rose

I will have to work on getting more pictures of Rose

so you can see her amazingly shocking

RED hair.  This lady was bigger

than life and stayed that way until

she passed at 89.

Here she is with my dad.

As for my original thoughts...

I was picking something up from my daughters

this morning and as I was

getting into my car

I thought I heard some little voices.

(I know, I often hear voices)

As I looked up at the house

I saw where these little voices were coming from.

(I wish this were a better picture, it

came from my phone)

After catching numerous waves goodbye

and blown kisses,

I hopped in my car

and headed for work

with the biggest smile on my face.

Just as I pulled in,

I got another little surprise.

A text from another special young lady. 

Which prompted this post and my

trip down my own memory lane.

I am now sitting here surrounded by boxes of old photos

preparing to scan them onto my computer,

and hoping I can be

 ALMOST

as amazing

as my grandma's were!!

and just think...I haven't even begun grandfathers.