Babypod Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 It is amazing how small things can take you back to the one you love. The way the sun streams in the window, a smell, a sound . . . little things. Six months have come and gone. . . I survived it. My birthday came and went - and it was like every other day. The days seem to be going faster and faster. I have her photo on our corner memorial area. I hug her smock before bedtime (it still has the smell of her cooking on it). Miss her everyday. So today I am making dinner. Gumbo - one of my twin's favorite meals. I thought, "I think I will make an apple pie to go along with it." and pull out my old, battered pie dish. Grandma always loved to cook for her family - it was one of her great joys in life. She would always make pies and soups for us - and she sure did make awesome pies and soups. About 6 years ago she made my husband an apple pie. When we finished I brought her pie dish back to her, but this time she handed it back to me and she said, "I want you to keep it. Someday, when I am gone, you will be making a pie for your family with this dish and I hope you will remember me." Like I could ever forget my Grandma. So now I will start to make my pie and I will think of Grandma. I regret all the times I could have visited her but I didn't. I regret all the visits that were short and rushed because I thought I had somewhere else I had to be. I will think of her beautiful bent hands joyfully pressing pie crust into this pie dish. I will remember the love, the wet kisses, the joy she have me. And I will hope and pray two things - 1 - that I will give my own kids that same feeling and 2 - that there is a God and a heaven and someday I will be able to meet her again in heaven. I miss you so much my beautiful Grandma. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyT Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 Angel, dear ~ I absolutely love your post. Would you be willing to give me permission to reprint it on our Grief Healing blog, in our Voices of Experience series? I think its message deserves a wider audience ♥ Other Voices in our series: He Died Two Years Ago The Empty Chair What I've Learned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babypod Posted October 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 MartyT - that would be fine. Hope you are having a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyT Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Angel, dear ~ Your lovely post is now up on our Grief Healing blog, http://www.griefhealingblog.com/2011/10/voices-of-experience-pie-dish.html ♥ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnieO Posted October 31, 2011 Report Share Posted October 31, 2011 Your post was a beautiful tribute to your grandmother. My mom was a wonderful baker too....I recently came across an empty vanilla bottle , in a plastic bag. I knew I had kept it after she died ,but couldn't remember why. I took it out of the bag and held it up...then I remember why I kept it...there are perfect flour fingerprints all over the bottle, my mom's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babypod Posted November 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 That is so sweet! You have her fingerprints forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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