Grandma

It is with a very heavy heart that I write this post. My dear grandmother passed away on Wednesday, May 1^st. Fortunately, my brother and I were able to be with her for her final hours and say goodbye to her. While going through her photo albums the past couple of days, I couldn’t believe some of what I was seeing. I’ll admit, I was ignorant to their lives before grandkids… I always took them for very straight-laced, conservative people (which they were! Haha), but I’d never really thought about how silly and in love they were until recently.

When I found this photo, I couldn't stop laughing. I've made it my personal mission now to find out what's going on here. All I know from the caption is that they were traveling someplace in Nothern Saskatchewan in 1970. Stay tuned :)

My grandmother was born in 1922 and had an incredible life. A long, happy life filled with friends and family that love her immensely. She was kind and giving – I can’t tell you how many photos I came across of her working at the Legion; hosting events, making ‘brown bag lunches’, working the poppy campaign for Remembrance Day. She was always smiling.  

My grandma taught me how to make cookies, she cared for me when I was home sick from school (there was nothing a bit of flat Ginger Ale couldn’t cure!), she loved her garden and kept a lovely home. She read the newspaper from front to back every day and watched every Blue Jays baseball game there was. Grandma made a matching game for the grandkids using two old Sears catalogues and some Bristol board (that’s right, we matched floral sofas, lava lamps, small appliances and TVs).

I could write for hours about her, and still not run out of things to say.

However, it’s time to get down to business as well – today is a new challenge over at MDS Monday. We would love it if you swung by, checked out the sketch and played along with us!

Here’s the super fun sketch by Rochelle. She’s added an extra little challenge of creating a monochromatic page – I was surprised at how much more difficult it is to create a monochromatic page than it is to create a monochromatic card!

My page is Mellow Moss and Old Olive. I chose green for a couple reasons. First off, the picture is from the 70s, and nothing says “70’s” more than green (or orange!). Second, my grandma loved green. She collected green glassware, wore it all the time, and thought it went with everything. She once told me “Every flower has a green leaf… everything goes with green!”.

Love you, grandma Murphy.

-Tara

xox