Remembering Grandma Joe

It has taken me some time to write this post. I wanted to write about Grandma Joe, who passed away several weeks ago, but I've found it hard to put into words what she meant to me and our family. She really was one of the most influential people of my life. My earliest memories of grandma was just a real sense of being loved. She truly enjoyed being with her kids and grandkids and you felt that each time you were around her. She was never short on hugs and as I got older and moved away, grandma would always send me great words of encouragement in birthday cards and sometimes just a note for no reason at all, but to say she was thinking of me. She often called to check on the kids in the last couple of years and it was a real joy to share their lives with her.

Grandma Joe devoted her whole life to her family and that is reflected in the five amazing women she raised. I've always know I've been fortunate to be a part of such a close knit family and that is Grandma Joe's legacy. I don't know if I ever had a good understanding of this until I had my own children, but now I can truly grasp what she created during her life. It is a real testament to the kind of woman and mother she was that our family has remained so close.

I hope to share these same lessons with Josie and Henry and will tell them how much joy they gave their great-grandma Joe and how much she loved them. I think I will always feel that we have a part of her with us since Josie shares her name. I hope that she is at peace now and will remember most of all her laugh, smile and love.
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