Grandma’s Lessons

  Grandma’s Lessons

This is dedicated to my Grandma, Arleane  Birchfield, Who was invited into heaven with a lightning show only fit for the most amazing grandma ever.

Sitting with grandma waiting for God to call her up and watching all the love surrounding her made me think of all the lessons she has taught us throughout the years. I watched her children and grandchildren and could see the greatest lesson of all in all their faces. Love and Family.

Somebody said it best when they said “no matter our differences, no matter our personal issues, and no matter our finances we all where there for each other”. That is what Grandma taught us.

Another person said “your Grandma never had a favorite in her life, she love all her children and grandchildren unconditionally.” “Whoever was in front of her was her favorite for the moment and whoever she was mad at was the one who needed her unconditional love at that moment.”

You always knew that if she was yelling at you and her face was turning red you deserved every bit of it. She was always watching out for us and she always knew what to say to make us realize how dumb we were being.

She never gave up on any of us and no matter what we did she always had an open door. It didn't matter how long it was in between visits when you walked into her house it was like you weren't even gone. She told stories that most of forgot or where too young to know. She always had an open ear and a strong shoulder to lean on whenever you needed it.

She was a beautiful woman inside and out and she was so wise. We all learned so many lessons from her in life. We learned to love like you wanted to be loved. We learned that you never needed drugs or alcohol to be happy; we learned to do the right thing even if it hurt. She taught us to stick together even when sticking was tough.

She taught us to fight for what was right but not to fight just for the sake of fighting. She wanted us to believe in God and live as he wanted us too. She never judged us and didn't want us to judge others. She could be spitting mad at you for acting like a fool but in all her cussing and complaining you always heard the underlying sentiment of love for you. She only wanted us to listen to what she was saying but never stopped loving us ever.

She was proud and stubborn and independent. She never asked for help and never complained about anything that she couldn't get to right away. She passed on so many of her lessons to so many of her family.

Just take a look around at her children and grandchildren so many of her traits are visible in even the youngest children. She was the most amazing woman and we will admire her for the rest of our lives.

She will be talked about and thought about everyday by someone, especially when we are about to act a fool. She will be etched in our hearts and minds forever and will be missed forever.

Granny was our anchor and our rock and she prepared us all for this day. She knew she wouldn't be here forever and she spent every day giving us her wisdom, her love, her strength and her life. She gave us so many lessons to prepare us for life without her.

We will hurt for a while and we will never stop missing her but we will someday be able to look back and be so grateful for all she has done for us. So many things that we won’t even realize them all, but one day when we are facing some trial or tribulation Grandma will creep in to our hearts and the answer will be in one of her lessons or conversations that we had with her.

I personally can’t say that I have ever met anyone in my life that I admired more than granny.

WE WILL FOREVER REMEMBER YOU, AND WE WILL FOREVER MISS YOU GRANNY.