Legacies and Life updates
As I sit here after a long day of teaching in person children and remote children, I am greeted by some of the flowers from my grandmother’s funeral. It got me thinking about the legacy that my grandparents left behind and will I have the same chance to leave one behind. In looking at the examples I had in both my maternal and paternal grandparents, it is amazing to realize how blessed I was growing up. I had grandparents that still loved their spouses until the day they died. They were widowed and never looked at another soul as someone to take the place. For them, it was truly all or nothing. My grandmother would have been 98 this past week. She had 4 children biologically, but had 8 children total. Her in-laws were her children just the same as her biological children were hers. She had 11 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. She was a hard worker, supportive, and caring. Most of all, she was 100% about her family. She did all she coul