Well, I know it has been a while without my witty comments but I have no humor today. I am writing as a record to help remember in case I start to forget as we always do.
My grandmother passed away yesterday. I can't say I've been sitting around all day reminicing because the truth is I wasn't very close to her. However, the memories I have should be cherished so I wanted to record them before they are forgotten.
So this is it, my list of memories, good and bad
I remember....
a tube of lipstick that smelled like flowers
fake pearls made of plastic that kids play with, the kind where the individual beads pop apart with a snap
the old cupboard that smelled like gingerbread and woods
Dr. Seuss books, it seemed like hundreds of them
gift wrapping at the mall
purple hair
cross stitched kittens in a purple frame (my favorite color as a child)
photo calendars with horrible pictures of me
copper colored baking molds hanging on the wall
magnets from around the world
making chocolate lollipops for my uncle's wedding
the circus, beauty and the beast on ice, and some horrible ice show about a train
seven useless Hannukah presents like plastic clappers, pencils, and chocolate coins
plastic protected leg rests on the couch
wood paneling
not driving on highways
matzo ball soup with noodles
an automatic trash can
a cruise to mexico
I know my list is short for 28 years of memories but it contains everything important.
Don't forget the same childhood stories over and over again, every Chanukah party.
ReplyDeleteFrozen food (for god only knows how long) for the next holiday.
Always having Italian food for the Chanukah party haha.
Horribly inappropriate comments, at the most inappropriate times.
A rather awkward 75th birthday party at the restaurant our family seems to frequent the most...amazingly this event gathered almost the entire family together for the first time in quite a while.
Countless trips to Vegas, only to go and do the same things every time and eat at the same places every time.
An uncanny ability to always have the same hair color as mine, regardless which one of us changed theirs first.
Photo calendars with bad pictures of EVERYONE and always forgetting at least one persons bday haha.
The hidden pictures all around the house, that might possibly be the worst pictures she could frame of everyone in the family.
Her amazing ability to shrink.
She loved us all in her own, weird way. If you can't remember anything else, just remember that.