The Most Generous Woman

Grandma Margaret, my Mom’s mom, was the most generous woman I knew. She gave everything she had to bless others.
After 85 years of laughter and fun, yesterday morning Grandma was called home to spend eternity with the Lord. I’m going to miss her. No matter what we did as a family growing up, Grandma was there. She came on every family vacation with us, we visited her all the time and spent many a weekends with her, she came to stay with us over every holiday, and for the last 5+ years she had lived with my family. I’m going to miss her sense of humor and all her sarcastic jokes, how competitive she was at playing cards, how she would drop everything if the Orioles were playing, her mad winning streaks at bingo, and much, much more. But most of all, I’m going to miss her living example of a generous woman. Whether it was with love, her time, financially, or all the above, Grandma held nothing back if it would bless someone else.

Grandma’s health was very poor over the last few years and it was continuing to weaken. We were prepared that she could pass away soon but didn't think it would be for another couple of months. We were hoping we might get to spend one last Christmas with her but that was not God’s plan. He called her home yesterday. My Mom, who has cared for Grandma tirelessly and selflessly through her illnesses, was able to be with Grandma and hold her as she died. Grandma went very peacefully. We are all grieving and we're going to miss her but we're also rejoicing in the fact that Grandma was a Christian and is now with her Savior. It's amazing to think that while we were all eating lunch yesterday; my Grandma was getting to experience for the first time what it is like to dance in streets gold as she gazed into the unmasked beauty of our Lord. WOW! I can only imagine!

I love you Grandma. I’m going to miss you but I’m smiling big smiles at the fact that I’ll get to see you again in Heaven. I’ve already asked God to make sure that I get to watch your welcome home party replayed when I get to Heaven. I can’t even begin to imagine all the ways that God honored you for how you lived your life, by his grace. Make sure to save me a jump roping contest down those streets of gold! (I’m hoping my score will be better then the one I held when we were at the beach back when I was little!) I love you.