I did it Grandma's way

Grandma would have been 89 today. It is hard to believe that it has almost been 2 years since Mom died. This spring when I decided to do a good "housecleaning" on my porch I did it Grandma's way. I got out my old toothbrushes and started scrubbing away on all my window and got all the dirt out from between the window sill grooves. I have to admit that it did look nice when I got done and it made me feel soooooooooo good. Thanks mom for being such a good cleaner and passing that on. You are never far from our hearts. We still miss you and always will but you live on in our hearts and our "lifestyle". Her middle daughter Cindy

Still drinking from that cup...

Rachel and I have lived in North Carolina now for an entire year. We just celebrated our 6th Wedding anniversary last month and on Monday had a dinner to commemorate our arrival here. I was thinking on all of this and realizing how fast time moves it dawned on me that I had not visited this website for some time now. Upon my visit I realized that there hasn't been a post on here in nearly a year.
So I'm here, posting.
I'm here, thinking.
I'm here, remembering.
I am still drinking from that cup...the one I took on the day we went to Grandma's apartment after the memorial and went through her things. The one that I remember watching her drink coffee out of in her motor home. I love the smell of coffee. I love that a strong smelling cup of coffee can sometimes make me remember Grandma so much. And I love that coffee snaps my eye lids vertical and straightens my back after dragging myself out of bed. :)
I saw an older woman tonight with very white hair done up kinda like Grandma did hers and again I thought of her. It's nice to still have these things that remind me of her, I like to remember and more often than not anymore it isn't painful, it's a delight. It makes me smile. Hope it makes you smile too.