remembering grandma reese

grandma reese was the sweetest soul... she had a soft spoken voice and there was always a little chuckle that came at the end of her sentences... she never said an unkind word about anyone or anything... she never, ever forgot a birthday and always sent a card... she baked the yummiest oatmeal scotchies at christmas time... she would always have a bag of m&m's waiting for our girls... she gifted me several boxes of her hand painted, vintage ornaments because she knew how much i loved them...
 

she had her 89th birthday in september and we were lucky to celebrate it with her... maizie took her flowers and marina wanted to make her something... i remember the day so clearly... i suggested a card... she insisted on something more and pulled out her american girl pom pom animal book/kit... she wanted to make grandma the bunny... i was rushing around doing a zillion other things that day but stopped to show her how to get the pom poms started... she took her time... trimmed them... cut some ears from felt... made a little face and asked for my help to glue it together...{i wish i would have thought to take a picture of it...}

 

grandma held that little bunny throughout her whole party, which i know brought a smile to marina's face... she loves to give little gifts to people...

 

today, when we arrived at the funeral home, aunt becky pulled me aside and said "you know what she has in her hands, don't you?"

sure enough... it was marina's gift... the tiny white, pom pom bunny...

 

such a heartbreaking day, yet seeing that gift in her hands made my heart happy... you never really know what a small act of kindness truly means to someone... but in that moment, as we said goodbye to our grandma, i knew how much marina's gift had meant to her...

 

xo

angie