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The SOB will be dark until later this week. My grandma passed away, and I will be out of town with my family.

 My mom asked me to say a few words at the funeral.

My grandma was fortunate to live a long and happy life. And I am fortunate to have a lot of great memories of her.

I remember one night as a kid when my parents dropped me and my brothers off at our grandparents’ house for the weekend. I was going through the channels on the TV and stopped on a station that caught my attention. A movie was about to begin. It was called Rosemary’s Baby.

My parents were walking out the door when I said, “Mom, where do babies come from?”

My mom stood there like a deer in headlights. But grandma just hooped and hollered. And then she said to my mom – “I’m going to let you take this one.”

My mom said she would tell me later, and walked out.

Grandma had a great sense of humor. She also kept up on current events. While most people were watching Survivor or American Idol, grandma watched CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. Or, as she called them – Channel 36, 48 and 52.

She was one of the few people I could talk to about things in the news. It didn’t matter if it was weather, politics or a tragedy – grandma knew about it. And she always had an opinion.

I’ll miss those conversations the most.

My grandma had a kind heart. She donated hand-made dolls, quilts and miniature Christmas trees to the church.

She also made quilts for her grandkids and great-grandkids. A couple of years ago, she made a special Kansas City Chiefs quilt for me. It had to take months to finish. And it’s one of my favorite things in the world.

It’s impossible to say all the things you’ll miss about someone in a few words. But “Thank you, grandma, for everything you did for us. We love you. And we will miss you.”

Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand. You can’t flip it over and start again. Take every breathe God gives you for what it’s worth.

3 Responses

  1. Hey Benny,

    Sorry to hear about your Grandma…

    Eloquent words by you for your Grandma, with a dose of humor to help take the edge off=good job!

    Looking forward to more SOB shenanigans after you pay your respects to your Grandma and spend a little quality time with the family(which will probably be a rich comedy vein to mine for future posts!).

    Jeff

  2. Benny, just catching up on the posts…sorry to hear about your Grandma! Never thought one of your posts would make me cry…