My grandmother was an amazing woman, for so many reasons in so many ways...I couldn't possibly start to explain them in here. But, I remember mostly the way she cared, and the way she loved. Her love was always so warm, and unconditional. Tough, and tender at the same time. She put her all into loving people, and everything inside her shined through to the surface where everyone could see it, and everyone could partake of it.
The last thing I told her before she left us was that I was pregnant. Even in the state she was in, her joy spread across the room, lighting it like a rainbow after the storm.
Then my daughter was born...and one of my first thoughts was that she looked like my Grandma. And still today, I see her great-grandma in so many things she does. I can only hope she has also kept alive her great-Grandma's heart for people and her family...and of course, the way she loved.
My grandmother is my shining star. I can look into the sky to see her, or I can just look in my daughters eyes.
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