My Granny's 85th birthday is coming up this week. 85!! While that number may be seen as far from the birthdays we see and hear celebrated in the news, it is an amazing number for my Granny. My Granny is the only living grandparent I or my husband have left. She lives with my mom & dad, therefore we hear from or about her on an almost daily basis and vice versa. While she has lost some of her vision and a majority of her hearing she hasn't lost her zippiness or her love of her family.
As with any families that live all over the place, our family lives relatively close to one another (within 2 hours), but with everyone's lives it is sometimes hard to get everyone together. In looking at our schedule for March Break last week, I sent a message out to my brother & sister to celebrate my Granny's upcoming birthday. Not that I use the kids or school as a real excuse, but normally it would be hard for us to get something going during the week with the kids. We won't be able to get everyone together due to work commitments, but we're going to surprise our Granny on tomorrow night by going out for supper. When I made the arrangements with my mom (who then coordinated my dad!), she told my granny that they were going to take her out for supper on Monday because they were both going to be out on Tuesday (her actual birthday). My Granny stated that she wasn't going out for supper and that my mom could just make her baked macaroni and she'd be fine. Typical Granny response... a bit of a stick in the mud, but a bit of playing hard to get. My mom is insisting she go out for her birthday... aka, she won't pass up on having a great dessert so she'll be there! I'm looking forward to seeing my Granny and having everyone around a dinner table that doesn't need one of us to attend to. A table that will commemorate my Granny's 85 amazing years and with the ones that mean the most to her. Happy Birthday Granny!! xoxoxoxo
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Natasha
3/12/2019 06:48:19 pm
Those sound like fun plans! I love the words you used to describe your granny--"zippiness," "a bit of a stick in the mud, but a bit of playing hard to get," "she won't pass up on having a great dessert" --you've done such a nice job of conveying her personality. I hope it was a great birthday celebration!
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