In Heaven wasn't so Far Away

Today is not just the day before Valentine's Day, but it would have been Maw-Maw's birthday. I have thought about her a lot today, as she has been gone for 8 years now, she would have been 86 today. I have thought much about her today more than usual. The only way I remember her is after her stroke, where she was never able to talk like a normal person she always would try so hard to say something but the brain would not process it quick enough or it was very hard to impossible for her to put a sentence together. But that did not change the way she would love and care for us. As a kid we would do something to make her mad and it took everything in her to try and get mad at us and to get all he right words out. Paw-Paw most likely wasn't the best help either, always irritating or being stubborn along the way. I remember he would always pick us up from elementary school which that mean he would get there at least an hour before school got out and sit in the window sill display out in front of the library so that he could talk to all the teachers and staff there. Many teachers that are still there today that was then (not many) will be able to tell you about Paw-Paw being there. Then when we would go back to her house she would always fix us an afternoon snack! I remember the Whells chocolate snacks and then the big cheap version of the chocolate rice crispies! I remember it like it was yesterday! There was one room that was the toy room where everything was kept and then when we would have Thanksgiving or such we would have the "kids" table and it was a little wooden table that we got to sit at and have our own little meal! Maw-Maw always gave some of the best hugs too! i as told the other day that I got my blue eyes from here and all i could do was smile! I remember the day and week after she passed away and have thought of her very often, but she has left us with Paw-Paw to put up with, just like she did for many years! We have laughed about it and said she was looking down on us and laughing at us trying to work with him! She did such a great job around the house, raising 3 wonderful kids and many grandkids. We all miss her all the time and i can't wait till i get to Heaven and get to talk and just see what all she has to say! I know that she is looking down at me and giving me one of those big hugs right now! I love you Maw-Maw<3