OMG-What a BEAUTIFUL memorabilia you showed through your layout for your Blessed Grandma...I am in tears just reading how much you loved her...I had a very similar Grandma...Oh, how I loved her!! She passed away 3 months before my Dad did and it is terrible to say but my Dad's tragic passing took over how much I missed my wonderful "Lil Grandma". Your inspirational tribute to your Grandma is something I will never forget as it touched my soul. A wonderful Grandma can play such an importance role in a child's life...I wished I had not waited so long to have my children so they could have remembered her more!! Thank you for making my day!!
Pat, I had a grandmother who I only saw 3 times in my life as we lived on opposite coasts, she had a huge influence on me anyway because she did not let distance stop her from being a grandma. I have always been a procrastinator but one day I was thinking about her and how good she was & decided I needed to write to her right then and tell her that. I was so glad I did because she died just a few months later.
Your lo is beautiful - in execution and because of all the love in it.
Love the b/w with the bright teal color and those hexies and banner are fab! What a great tribute to a wonderful woman! LOVE that you used an old photo that you took! Very beautiful page!
Beautiful layout to match your beautiful story. I think we all have things we did in our 20's that we wish we could re-do. I hope you can forgive yourself for this one! You've honoured her with this layout. Thanks for playing along with us at LGS!
Your story brought tears to my eyes - you can't beat yourself up for not having twenty twenty hind sight - you did not have a crystal ball and could not see into the future - your grandmother loved you no matter what - beautiful tribute to a wonderful woman ~
Gorgeous page and wonderful tribute to your grandmother. The colors are beautiful and I love that banner! Thank you for sharing your story with us. It brought tears to my eyes and brought back some wonderful memories of my grandparents!
I can see her in you. What an extraordinary woman she was, and what a blessing for you to have her in your life. Yuor page is a beautiful tribute to her. I love the masking, flowers and that wonderful banner.
This is so lovely - and beautifully said. I miss my paternal grandmother every day too. My daughter is lucky to have all four of her grandparents still in her life. I love the way you did the banner string!
Such a lovely page. You made me cry. I live in NH and my family is in MO. My grandma had Alzheimers one day on my way home from work. My called said I needed to "talk" to her, because it was time. Mom said when she heard my voice my squeezed mom's hand. She passed shortly after that, guess she was just waiting for me.
how awesome that you have that photo- that is a wonderful memory & a beautiful page to put it on- love the hexagons & the polka dots. When we are young- our focus isn't what we wish it was when we look back. I know mine wasn't. I wish I'd done many things different especially concerning my paternal GF. But- we can't undo the past- it is what it was. We must forgive ourselves and move forward (((HUGS)))
love the mix of aqua and black, the hexagons are so nice and lovely flowers, but my favorite part of this layout is the photo that you took, thanks for sharing your memories
Oh this is fabulous. I need to do a grandma page. I found the letter that I wrote to her when she was in her last couple of weeks, and I haven't had the guts to open it up. I loved her so much. This is beautiful!
Not only is this gorgeous but a wonderful tribute as well....I waslucky enough to have my gram until age 38 and like you said...not a day goes by that I do not think of her---she was the strongest influence in my life--may be I better get that challenge done!...but I already did a page on her many years ago for a magazine contest for breast cancer. I did a in memory of category and won runner up--I didnt care about that as much as what it meant to do that for my gram....boy you sure have me thinking now and brought the memories up......
WONDERFUL LO Pat!!!!!!!
The Book of Me Challenge this month was to scrap the person who has most influenced your life?
This is my dad's mom - who was my favorite grandparent, and quite possibly my favorite person EVER. She was the kindest and most loving person I've ever met. I never heard her say a bad word about anyone, never heard her say anything negative about any situation, her words were always wise and full of encouragement and instruction for life. Wherever she was, there was peace.
She taught me how to think before I speak and to decide on my words based on five questions.
For years I had a poster in my classroom that shared her philosophy. Before You Speak - THINK. Is it True? Is it Helpful? Is it Important? Is it Necessary? Is it Kind? If you can't answer all five with "yes," it probably doesn't need to be said at all.
My biggest regret is that during her last week of life, she drove down with my Grandfather to visit my parents at their house. I was away at college, but I was going to be home that evening, except I didn't really get in a big rush to get there. I was 20-something at the time, and I had really no idea at the time the measure of her influence on me.
She waited as long as she could, but she was so tired and by that time just running out of steam. She told my mother to tell me she loved me and that she was sorry couldn't wait and that she would have loved to have seen me. I think she must have known, maybe. The next time I saw her was three days later, after she had passed away. I have always regretted the things that I made more important that night than going home to see her. I don't even remember now what they were.
I made a lot of mistakes and made a lot of stupid decisions when I was younger, but I always knew that no matter how badly I messed up, Grandmother was steadfast in her love for me. I know I am a better person because she was my grandmother, but today, I wish I could have just FIVE MINUTES to talk to her. There are so MANY things that I wish I could ask her, now that I'm an adult and know how important she was to me. Mostly, I wish I could tell her that I'm sorry I took for granted just how MUCH she loved me.
There is not a day that goes by that I do not miss her, and there is not a day that goes by that I am not thankful for her influence in my life. I hope she's proud of the way I've turned out.
The photo is one that I took when I was in the 5th grade with my little Kodak camera. I wasn't a good photographer, obviously, because I chopped off the top of her head. But this picture is exactly what my Grandmother looked like. She had this way of tipping her head and tucking her chin as she smiled, and I caught that, right here, in this photograph. It's the way I remember her.
**** I used Week 3 Let's Get Sketchy sketch. http://letsgetsketchy.blogspot.com/2013/02/february-week-3-challenge.html
Also for the 5 ingredients Challenge - Black, Banner, Hearts, Punch, and Metal And for the 4 Categories Challenge - Black and White + 1
Thanks for stopping by and sharing my memories! And if you are lucky enough to have grandparents still living, call them and tell them you love them. Do it today!
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