Meemaw

Meemaw at Bryce's second birthday.

Meemaw holding Bryce, one day old.

Tomorrow, April 21st marks one year since Meemaw left us to join Daddy H in heaven. She was one of the sweetest people you would ever meet. She had tons of friends and 100 % devoted to her family. I remember so many times being at her house for holidays or just to visit. We would sit and talk for a long time about everything from gardening to cooking to her life as a child. She raised four boys and was a terrific wife. I miss her every day. I am very fortunate to have had two terrific grandmothers that I was (and still am) very close to. I will never forget last year when Meemaw was at Keller Oaks. She was on hospice and was not given much longer to live. She always begged us to sing when we got together for family events, and Angie and I even made tapes of us singing when we'd spend the night with her. Anyway, my uncles, aunts, cousins, and I sang for her as she was dying. They played the guitar and we sang our hearts out. We didn't care who heard us as long as Meemaw did. She didn't have the strength to talk, but she mouthed some of the words as we sang. I know she was loving being surrounded by her family and singing, two things she cherished. She told my uncle that there was a boat coming for her. She kept talking about it, and we finally realized that she was getting ready to say goodbye to her family. Bryce remembers her and will tell you that she lives in heaven. It saddens me that she will never get to meet Brayden, but I will make sure both boys know what a wonderful person she was. It makes me smile to see her dancing in heaven with her husband who she grieved for every day until she died. (He died when I was in high school). I love you, Meemaw. Thank you for being such an example of a Christian servant to me. You will never, ever be forgotten.