I Miss You
Dear Grandma Wolfe,
It’s been 14 years now since you passed away.
I miss you.
I miss your tight white curls.
I miss the smell of your face cream at night when you washed your face.
I miss the way you would squeeze my hand when you held it in yours.
I miss the smell of your kitchen when you would make me poached eggs in the morning.
I miss the stories about all of your brothers. And the tale of your sister that died before you were born. I remember…you used to show me the lock of her hair. It was the same color as mine.
I have so many happy memories of time spent with you. You would sing “Trot, trot to Boston to buy a loaf of bread” to all of your grandchildren while bouncing them on your knee. I remember picking cherries from the tree in your front yard, long walks, tying quilts, baking pies…you let me whip the cream, camping…lots and lots of camping. My hand print in the cement, watching soap operas, watching you make Divinity, the sound of your voice when you sang - you taught me how to sing harmony.
Remember the long car rides? You came along on almost all of our vacations with us. Remember the Tire game? The one where Mom wrote our names in chalk on the tire. Whenever we stopped the car and the wheel landed on a name, that person would win a prize. Mom put your name on the wheel with ours. You won every time.
I miss you.
You died right before my eighteen birthday…I was traveling in Europe. Sometimes I imagine you are still here because I was not there to say goodbye. I still haven’t said goodbye.
This life is precious…a blink. Soon enough I’ll say hello and hug you tight when I see you again. Because I will see you again. Maybe I will have tight white curls like you. We will have eternity to sing together and you can teach me how to make a perfect pie crust. You will finally meet my husband and sing “Rock-a-by” to my children. They will know you like I do. They will love you like I do.
I miss you.
I love you.
Love, Christie
Thank you Kathy for this writing prompt.
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September 25th, 2008 at 1:15 am
What a beautiful letter.
And what a beautiful lady..
May your memories of her
always keep her near and dear
to your heart. Thanks for sharing..
September 25th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Love your post! So sweet and I love how you added pictures!
They usually take about 30mins-hour
thanks for all your wonderful comments on my kids and scrapbook pages… off to go look at yours!
September 25th, 2008 at 1:47 am
This is soooo sweet! I am missing my grandma something fierce. I just went on a sister’s vacation and we stayed at my grandpa’s house. He hasn’t changed a thing since she died. It is always comforting to go back there, but so sad at the same time.
Thanks for sharing this.
September 25th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Such a sweet post. Thank you so much for sharing.
September 25th, 2008 at 10:05 am
i *loved* this… i’m going through a very tough time know that my grams will soon be gone from this world, and at 31 it still makes my heart ache.
beautiful letter
September 25th, 2008 at 10:30 am
That’s such a sweet letter. She seemed like a great lady! I never really got to know any of my grandparents. They all passed away before I was 10. Thanks for sharing that!
September 25th, 2008 at 10:42 am
Really sweet. Obvious you cared a lot about her. Thanks 4 sharing this.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Such a great thoughtful letter. Thanks for sharing.. your grandma reminds me a lot of my grandma with the tight white curls =)
September 25th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
Beautiful. Made me cry in a good way. I would love to see this letter to her printed up and put on a LO with photos of you and your Grandma doing some of the wonderful things you mentioned that you enjoyed together. I’m challenging myself to do the same with letters to each of my Grandparents that passed away…
September 25th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
What a beautiful letter, and a beautiful blog!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
That was sweet! It reminds me of my Mema! She has her own sweet smell …of face cream LOL! ! Keep up the good work! LOVE your scrapbook pages! Going to a 9am-9pm crop this Sat. Yay! Cant wait!
September 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
Awww. This was really nice. I’m sure she know exactly how you feel. What a party it will be when we’re all in Heaven, right!?! What a wonderful Grandma!!
September 25th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
The pictures were wonderful and really added to the post. Thanks for sharing this.
September 25th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Your grandma sounds like a wonderful woman! I think she’s always been with you. This was a beautiful post (and inspiration for my own)
September 25th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Such a sweet post. Thanks for sharing.
September 26th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Wonderful post Christie - she sounds like a very warm and loving Grandma who is probably baking pies in heaven! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
November 9th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
sooooooooooooooooooooo sweet