A Tribute to my Grandma
Phil 3:20-21
"For our citizenship is in heaven from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself"
My Grandma died today December 10, 2008 at 87 years old.
She was a very sweet woman, even at the end of her life.
When i was in third grade my grandma taught me how to play jacks on the driveway in Encinitas. We just laughed and laughed.
One of my grandma's favorite things was playing cards and when we would beat her she would say, "pooey"...or "Jerry you cheated".
My grandma LOVED CHOCOLATE; chocolate ice cream, rocky road, nut cluster candies, just loved chocolate. I remember one time at my parents house. She wanted my dad to get her some rocky road and the doctor told her to watch her cholesterol...my dad said we pro baby shouldn't and i said, "come on dad" if she wants chocolate ice cream give her chocolate ice cream, you only live once...Grandma just loved it that i stook up for her and we had a bowl together. I've never know anyone who loved Chocolate as much as my Grandma. I fed her in the hospital on Sunday and she wasn't too into eating anything, but they gave her a little dish of Chocolate ice cream. I said to her "Grandma you've always loved chocolate ice cream, what do you say we go straight to desert." She was so sweet and I fed her four bites. My mom said that was a lot. Chocolate to the end...
Awhile back my mom and i were in San Diego for a wedding and due to a odd situation at my grandma and Aunt's house my mom and I decided we should go back home at 2 am (my mom found a cockroach on her back...we were ready to leave...funny) Anyway, I was in charge of waking my Grandma up and seeing if she would come home with us at 2am, she said, "okay I'm ready" and she wasn't even fully awake. She just perked right up and went along not knowing what time it was, she was always such a good sport. It was such a great trip home, we laughed a lot and stopped at diner for Breakfast. My Grandma was always flexible and went along with the rest of us, no matter how goofy.
When my grandma was eighty for Christmas I gave her a "cool" vest from old navy (i wish i had the picture in a digital print) and she put it on right away and posed for me at eighty, so funny.
Since she moved to San Diego with my Aunt after my grandpa died my grandma was involved in a autobiography class with other people her age. She used to tell me about the people in her class and all the odd things "old people" did in their life.
When I went to visit her for the last time on Sunday, she did something funny that i would like to share. A nurse in the hospital kept saying, "I'm your granddaughter, I'm your granddaughter" and my grandma who barely spoke and was in a lot of pain looked at her and said, "your not my granddaughter". So funny.
She will be greatly missed.
I love you Grandma
We look forward to seeing you again one day.
San Diego two years ago 
My parents with all their grand kids at my brother and sister in-laws house. Wow...there are one, two, three, four, five and six...they would of never thought to have six grand kids. 