My Grandma Quackenbush had 9 pairs of orange polyester pants that she rotated wearing over the course of many, many years. Most of my memories of Grandma include her wearing those awful orange pants. Grandma passed away August 3 at the age of 89 and I asked my mom if I could have a pair of those pants. Not to wear, because I just couldn't pull it off like Grandma did, but I'd like to make a quilt with the center squares being parts of those pants. :)
Grandma was such a wonderful woman; she was quirky and ornery and had a heart of pure gold. She has lived with us (mom and us kids) since my grandad passed away 23 years ago so we have always been close. I was born on Grandma's 60th birthday and so I always teased her that she could never get away with lying about her age because I only had to add 60 years to mine. :)
Grandma loved to sing. In church she'd always sing loudly and with such enthusiasm - even though she was usually way off key, I still smile thinking about her singing. She used to sing these awful cheery good morning songs to us in the morning to wake us up...when you have seminary at 5:45am and wake up grumpy like me, its always fun to have that! :)
I love my Grandma Quackenbush so much. She was and is an amazing example of love. She loved children and was always surrounded by them. She loved her husband fiercely. She loved her children and her grandchildren and her great-grandchildren. She was always so proud of all of us and let us know we were loved. If anyone ever projected love, it was Grandma Q. :-)
Me, Aspen and Mia flew out to WA for her funeral, which was beautiful. There were many of the people whom she has loved and have loved her in attendance to honor her life. Although it was a sad time, it was also a time of comfort because I know that she is with the love of her life again. She is walking hand in hand with my Granddad and sitting at Jesus's feet learning and loving. I know she is happy and well; her work on this earth was complete and now she is with Heavenly Father again. I know I will see her again someday...and until then, I will smile when I think of my wonderful Grandma Q in her horribly wonderful orange polyester pants.
And now, since I got back tonight after 10 days, I have a lot to do. I have a visit from Leif, Lurlyn and Leify to blog about, my trip to WA...and of course, to catch up on everyone else's blogs from when I was gone. But tonight I am going to snuggle up with my hubby and hope that I have many more years to be with him on this earth.
8 comments:
I'm glad that you're back! I've missed you.
That was a great post--so thoughtful and heartfelt.
What a sweet tribute! So beautifully written. :o) We're glad you're black, too. :O)
That is so sweet! I'm sorry to hear about your grandma. I'm glad you were able to go to WA for the funeral. Glad you're back.
I can still hear your grandma singing! She really was a great woman.
What a very sweet post! What a gift to be able to go back ~ so special! Good to have you back!
Yvonne, I'm so sorry to hear your grandma passed away. It's an interesting time of life to be in right now, while some in our family are returning to God and others are just arriving from His presence. Your baby girls are just beautiful and you all look so happy together! I started a blog for our family .lifewiththemears.blogspot.com. I really want to make a better effort to stay in touch with family and I think this will be a good way. Take care and lots of love. Missy and Family
I love your post. I rememeber meeting your grandma and thinking she was so full of energy. What a wonderful lady and what a great idea the quilt is.
That was beautiful, Yvee. I sure love you and your family. I have been thinking alot about Grandma's singing voice and those awesome orange polyester pants...and oh, that smile! She loved us all, that's for certain! =)
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