my grammie passed away on Sunday, September 19, 2010 @ 5am.

My mom and I were at her bedside when she passed away peacefully in her sleep.
I miss her dearly.

For 2 weeks my job hunting was put on the backburner while I concentrated on loving my grammie....Here is my eulogy:

Hi everyone. I had a very hard time putting my gramma’s eulogy together. No matter how hard I try, I can never do justice to who she was and what she accomplished in her lifetime. I know we are all grieving today for we all lost a great woman of God. But I have no doubt in my mind that she is walking the golden streets of heaven right now with Jesus by her side. Even though I wasn’t her favourite grandchild (my brother was, hands down), I shared a lot of wonderful memories with her. My grandma was an integral part of my life. My grandfather passed away when my mom was 4. And after raising my mom and my uncle all by herself, my gramma came to Canada when my brother was born. And for the last 27 years, she has lived with my parents and my brother and I. While both my parents worked very hard, she was our babysitter, our comforter and our best friend. My gramma loved to the watch wrestling, so much so that when we were younger and it was just the 3 of us in front of the tv, we would have a vote as to what to watch, I would lose, because both my gramma and my brother would want to watch WWF. My gramma was the best cook in the entire world, she nursed me through chicken pox, she knit me sweaters and scarves galore and she spent most of her life loving us in every way possible. She was also the one to tell me when my other grandmother passed away a few years ago and let me cry myself to sleep in her arms. And even in the hospital last week, she never once complained but would tell us to go home and not worry about her, to use pillows and she asked us constantly whether we ate. Even during the last few days of her life on earth she thought of us before herself. My gramma was a very strong and stubborn woman. I think both my mother and I are very much like her in this way. But I can only hope that the next generations of women in our family are as strong as she was. She also was a woman of prayer and has likely prayed for every major and minor event and decision in my life. She was definitely the solid rock in our family. And although our lives will never be the same without her, we will always remember what a kind, wise and beautiful woman of faith she was.

So thank you so much for coming today to help honour my grandmother. I’m sure that she would not have wanted this day to be filled with sadness and tears but with rejoicing. For today we are celebrating her grand entrance through the gates of heaven. Thank you.