We Will Never Forget Grandma Annie...

A few weeks ago my families life changed forever when Grandma Annie passed away. She suffered for the past four years and then the last few weeks started having some falls, which led to her breaking her hip. The struggle of knowing she would now be bedridden and her weakened body, is what I feel finally led to her passing.

I'm not sure how I knew, but when I saw her that last Thursday in bed so peacefully at Hospice, I knew it would be my last time. She looked so content and calm and I knew in my heart this was the end for her. As I went to bed, with my phone in hand, it seemed only minutes when the phone rang and Lisa told me Grandma passed away. Grandma lived a very good life for eighty-eight years. She desperatley missed my Grandpa who passed away fourteen years ago.

Luckily, Grandma still shared the love of the casino as well as my sweet boys who were her only two Great Grandsons. I will forever be thankful that she got to see them and know them. J & J both put the biggest smiles on her face. The two pictures below are from my birthday last May, one with Jayden and one with myself. The last two really good pictures of Grandma with lipstick on and all... The Callison/Marcus/Katzen/Potter girls always have their lipstick on.... She loved the picture of the two of them so much that I framed it and put it in her room.

All the wonderful memories will help us heal, and rembering her laugh when Jordy played his guitar for her will be in my mind forever.