If you’re here because of my grandma then you’ve maybe heard my name a time or two. As many of you may know me and my grandma were extremely close. My name for her since I was a baby was Ama. She played an extremely large role in my childhood growing up and help shape the person that I am today.
When I heard about her passing I was so devastated but I am just so thankful that I was able to see her in January and talk to her on the phone a couple of weeks before her passing. Being an adult and living in another state has made it difficult to keep in touch and see my family that lives in Florida (not to mention covid) and before seeing her in January it had been several years so for that I am so so thankful.
I am going to post more pictures of us here. I just wanted to say that my grandma and I have some of the best memories I could ever think of and I will forever miss her so much. If I could just call her one more time and hear a story about her cats.
Every time me and my grandma would talk on the phone she would always mention how great of a time we had with one another and it’s true. She was a huge light in my life. From baking, to watching animal planet, to going on walks with her dog Maggie, me sleeping in her bed with her and us scratching each others backs til we fell asleep, going to the pool, and when I was in elementary school she’d pick me up and take me to the hello kitty store on the weekends. She would be happy and probably laugh to know that my love for hello kitty has grown even stronger since elementary school and I’m an avid collector.
The last time we talked we talked about her moving up to Georgia and even though that wasn’t the first time it was mentioned, it felt like she really might do it this time. I always wanted her to meet my cat and my bunny.
Four years ago when my cat was 11 and I didn’t have much money she helped pay for a removal surgery and now my cat is 15. I can’t help but believe if it wasn’t for my grandma she might not be here still.
My grandmas love for animals and helping the less fortunate has been engraved in my core and I am very much her in that sense. We shared the same values and she was always level headed and rational. I loved my grandmas sense of humor she always made me laugh so hard. I loved when we’d talk and she’d ask me “how many boyfriends I have”.
My grandma wasn’t sure if I remembered certain memories but I assured her I remember it all almost.
I’ll always remember our tea parties, playing checkers and scrabble (and her looking up words id use in the dictionary to make sure they were real), her giving me pots and pans and cups to play in the bathtub and watch me put on “performances”, to the very smell of the shampoo she used on me and her wrapping me up in my towel at the end and calling me her little bundle of joy.
The bond me and my grandma shared was one like no other. She is so much of who I am today and I wish I could have had one last one on one with her. This time of year reminds me of her a lot because of the times I remember going to church with her and celebrating Easter at her house. I miss her so much and will cherish our memories for as long as I can.
Share with others
Donate in memory
