Grandma

i am convinced that i have the greatest grandma there is.  if not, then she definitely makes the top 5!  she is god's 'best case scenario' from when he created the world.  she forgives.  she commits for life.  she selflessly cares for others.  she's silent and listens.  she encourages and speaks.  she is accepting and welcoming.  she is available.  and, dag nab it, the woman can cook like none other!  and this is 'just another person,' i'm writing about.  she isn't a story or myth or a fabricated legend.  she is as real as it gets.  she became a mom at age 16 and decided to love her family the most that she could from then on, even though her family make it about as difficult as they could at times.  but now, they are all different and effected by her great, withstanding love.  flesh and bone.  spirit and heart.

it's so easy to hear stories about people like her and keep them at a comfortable distance of imagination because knowing that they actually exists instills a sense of responsibility to be as great as it is been proven humanly possible to be.  no more excuses.  she does exist and i am a better person for it.  i hope and pray that i will continue to be a better person for it and that, because of her and her children, my grandkids might someday be writing the same thing about me.  because of her.