I went to see my grandmother today. 93 years old and I tell you she looked great! She fell and broke her ankle and so has to be in assisted living for a bit until she can walk on her own again. She showed me her leg and I noticed how smooth her skin still is; her hair is still soft gray and her face, although showing the signs of age, still has a glow. I feel so blessed to come from a long line of women who are strong physically and mentally.
Each of my children hugged her goodbye and she spoke softly to them in their ear. I did not ask them what she said; I will let them keep that for themselves.
I brought her an ice cream sundae and she ate every drop. LOL none of the women in my family have ever been able to turn down ice cream.
I went on a 4 mile run tonight and I ran the whole thing w/o stopping. I ran it for my sister who can't for she is no longer with us; I ran it in honor of my grandmother whom I admire immensely for being who she is so late in life. It was a great run and I feel very much alive tonight
5 comments:
Great post Robin. Your passion for life and for running is contagious. Thanks for sharing.
Agree with Vic. It is wonderful that you are able to have that relationship with your grandmother and that your kids can too.
Sounds like a wonderful, life-affirming run....the best kind.
It's great to read that you are back at it again. Deployments suck and it is great that you and your husband are doing this together!
I keep checking the tracking to see if by chance something changes...LOL! What is SO frustrating is companies think it is more expensive to mail something vis USPS to Guam. It is the exact same price to mail something from CA to FL as it is CA to Guam. Grrrr. 15 months left here, 15 months left here....
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