Memories of Dorothy Jean Mapalo

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Dorothy Jean Mapalo

Highland, CA, USA

January 6, 1928 - September 13, 2018

Jan 6, 1928 - Sep 13, 2018

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Brittany Weisweaver

2014, Highland, CA, USA

My Angel

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Brittany Weisweaver

2018, Highland, CA, USA

Dorothy Jean,

You were like my Mother, you were my best friend, you are all I want to be and all the good inside of me, There’s never been another that loved me like you did. My grandmother, my angel.

For those who don’t know me, I am Linda’s daughter which is Dorothy’s recent deceased daughter Who passed away on my grandmother’s birthday, My grandma and I have experienced so much loss in such a short time but we always had each other to count on.
My dearest grandma who I love so very much. So many memories with you and so many good stories, So many laughs, hugs and kisses, You are the definition of a beautiful woman, you really are. To say my grandma and I were close is an understatement, and those who have been close with the family knows how true that statement is.

My brother Chris and I were the closet to her and I wouldn’t have had it any other way. As a little girl up until the woman I am today I knew some day when I lost you it was going to be one of the toughest days of my life, you were a second mother to me, and I was your favorite little girl, I know because you use to tell me so. You showered me in so much love grandma. There truly is no one like you.

I will forever be your sweet pea, and you will forever be my angel, When I nick named you angel years ago It was because you truly are an angel in my eyes. You were always there for my brother and I, mom and Christina, no matter what we needed you were the true definition of a wonderful woman. For those who don’t know, I lived with my grandma for many years and she at one point was my legal guardian cause although my mother was an awesome woman, my mom worked 2 jobs just to put a roof over our head and she worked so much that I hardly saw her, so my brother and I were often alone, my grandma stepped in and got her kids and helped raise us into the strong people we are today.

I was enrolled in school my grandma would take me every morning I would have breakfast, lunch and dinner, my grandma did homework with me and she would make sure I brushed my teeth and showered before 9pm which was my bed time. I would wake up and run into the kitchen and my grandma had my breakfast ready to eat. She made my lunches for school and dinner was ready when the street lights came on. We did everything together my whole childhood and my upbringing involved my grandma.

I learned to cook because of my grandma, She was a AWESOME COOK, we would take walks after school every day up to serrano, stop at the stairs half way there sit on the wall, I would climb up on the wall and walk alongside the steps as my grandma held my hand. We would walk back home, watch golden girls eat rocky road and get ready to do it all over again. we would go school shopping, we would get our nails done, and my grandma always told me and my brother how much she loved us.

My grandma put my brother and I in a bowling league and we actually were pretty good cause we had someone great to teach us, We practiced all the time with my grandma and Joe. I became really good so my grandma went out and bought me my own bowling ball and bowl case, with shoes and even carved my name in my bowling ball, that said Sweet pea.

Those times I will never forget. I also remember the times my grandma and I use to bump heads due to teenage hormones, she would tell me, I will punch your lights out. LOL given the stories I have herd I know my grandma was once feisty so I tried to never test those buttons. If I was scared at night and didn’t want to be down stairs by myself instead of sleeping upstairs in her bed with Joe, my grandma would sleep downstairs with me in the Big bed, until I fell asleep.

I strongly believe if my grandma could have saved us with her last breath she would of. Moving forward, then my brother had a sweet daughter by the name of Christina Gauchat, she to this day is Auntie’s pride and joy, and who is the apple of my grandma’s eyes, My grandma and I would go pick up Christina when she was little girl and bring her back to the house and my grandma gave her the same attention and love she gave to my brother and I over the years. I have never seen more love so pure other then what My brother and I received. I even think at one point I had to question the favorite card after Christina was born, which is still a joke between My niece and I, we use to tell grandma who is your favorite grandma, who is your favorite, and she would laugh and say she loved us both but when Christina left the room she would tell me I was.

Although I did have to question that cause, every time I seen grandma she would ask where her sweet baby is, I said “grandma, I’m right here, what do you mean” with a smile and confusion. We would laugh. My grandma just adored Christina and all the things I have experienced in life Christina was starting to experience them as well. I forever hope Christina holds onto those memories for ever, because I know her dad and I will. What’s beautiful is, I was able to have front row seats and realize how truly blessed I was. Then my favorite card was questioned once again, cause my brother sure did get away with everything. That was her special boy and she made it known.

I was her little girl, but heaven forbid my brother and I were drowning she probly would have saved him first, but find me help on the way back lol. The bond that we have with our grandma has never been broken, I’ve had her in my life for 27 years now, her not being around has come as a complete loss. It’s just so unfortunate, we live and love and then before you know it, our time comes to an end. With so many words left to say.

I always knew this day would come someday but I selfishly always told her, grandma you keep fighting cause bubba and I need you. She lived a beautiful life 90 years old. WOW, and did you see my grandma’s hair? Not a grey strand in that beautiful head, I think given everything We’ve been through, I have more grey then her.

That’s beautiful in itself, up until recently she made sure she got her hair done every Friday, she went to the same salon off Del Rosa for years. She always asked me to make sure her eyebrows were good and how’s my lipstick, and get the brush so I can push my bangs to the side, she hated them straight. She cared about her look and carried herself so well, that’s my grandma as beautiful as ever! 7 that’s the truth behind her closed casket today, that was my grandma’s choice and she didn’t want to be viewed or remembered in a box, she wants us all to remember the beautiful woman she is.

My grandma was a woman of many things, a church goer, a bowler, a cook and a young lady with a SHOE problem, Now I know where I get it from. My grandma always looked so nice, she would match her earnings all the way down to her shoes. She was a Fire cracker!!!

My grandma had more shoes and clothes, then the mall, every time we went into a store together my grandma was buying something. From a little nick knack bird house that she collected or holiday decorations, to antiques that she always bragged about.
I just pray whoever her daughter gave them to, they know how special my grandma kept everything and they forever cherish those items because they would have meant a lot to my brother and I.

That’s the unfortunate thing, so many things have happened that I know were not in my grandmas wishes, and I just pray someday I can forgive because I know it’s what my grandma would have wanted. I know how independent my grandma was and after her fall she really just started declining, she never gave up though she always told me she was going to walk someday.

I would agree and say yes you will grandma,

As much as it pains me to say, one of the last conversations I had with my grandma was her telling me to hang in their babe there is nothing grandma can do until I get better and get out of here. A part of me feels if she was home with the proper care she would have lived to see 100, After all she been through there was so much
life left in her, she was just tired and she knew the only way to be free from life was to go see her family in heaven.
I am who I am today because of the person she is. I know she is with me and she will forever be in my heart. No one will ever take away how close our bond was or the memories we once shared. Hurt don’t come near the pain I feel today. Something so special is now in heaven with my mom but I know she is in a better place, no longer hurting, no longer in pain, and can be free and walk again. Please give my mom a kiss for me grandma. I love you and miss you so much grandma xoxoxo Lov eyour sweet pea forever

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