This is our Grandma Waters. After a long battle with Alzheimers and dementia, Heavenly Father decided she had fought long enough and last Friday morning with her oldest son, my dad at her side, he called her home. She passed away just one month to the day from celebrating her 92nd birthday and 54 days from celebrating her 75th wedding anniversery with Grandpa. It was with mixed emotions that we said good-bye to her. We are sad that she is no longer here with us on this earth but are so glad she is all better and no longer fighting this darn disease. Grandma was an amazing woman. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great gramdmother. She raised 7 children - 6 sons and 1 daughter. She had 30 grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren and 40 great-great grandchildren. What a legacy she leaves behind.
We will miss her sloppy joes and potatoe salad at every family gathering, the piano (as she pronounced it pie-ano) again and again (grandmas pronunciation a-gain and a-gain) and her beautiful red hair. Did I mention, her favorite color was red?! Grandma's earthy body has been laid to rest at the Basalt Cemetary in Idaho. She is buried next to her sons, David and Gaylan and will be waiting for Grandpa as he will be buried next to her when his time here on this earth is complete. And whether she likes it or not, her earthly body has found a permanent home. She will not be moving from this location.
For those who are wondering, I was on my best behavior at the funeral. Well, ok, there was the rigamortis comment while we were at the mortuary (another one of those you had to be there moments) but that was it. And for some reason, as the family spent the final moments with Grandma, I kept getting poked and looks from my sister, husband and kids.
Grandma, We Love You Forever.
