Things I will miss.......

I can not believe it's been one week since my Grandma went to heaven. Oh, how I miss her so much!! I miss being able to call her in the evenings. There were some nights I said, "I will call her tomorrow"...you do not know how I regret that!!! I wish right now I could call my Grandma. I am so going to miss my yearly trips to Arizona to visit my Grandma. I will miss sitting on her patio in the mornings drinking coffee and eating toast with jelly with her while watching the golfers play golf. I will miss all of the food she used to make me. I will miss our trips to The Olive Garden. It was by far our favorite place to go out to eat...we would eat there sometimes daily when I visited her. We would ALWAYS get the soup, salad and breadsticks. I will miss her showing off all her photos from so long ago. She would tell me about everyone in the picture and always had such interesting stories. I will miss listening to "her" music in the car. It was always so lovely, even though sometimes I missed "my" music. I will miss her smell. When I was staying at her house when she was sick in Hospice I could still smell her perfume. I have now forgotten what that smells like. I will miss sitting on her couch relaxing while my Grandma took a little cat nap -- as she would call it...I would be watching Hogan's Heroes or MASH or Jeopardy or I Dream of Jeannie. I will miss going to the store with her. She always found something nice to buy me. I will miss everything about her.
I am SOOOO thankful I was able to see her almost once a year!! I am so thankful to have all the summers with her and my Grandpa when I was a little girl. I am soo thankful she was a part of my life.
Grandma, I love you and miss you so much!!
Love,
Carly

Here is a poem that I wanted to share that was on her mass card. It's so sad, but so true.

Love Lives On
Those we love remain with us
For loves itself lives on,
And cherished memories never fade
Because a loved one's gone......

Those we love can never be
More than a thought apart,
For as long as there is memory,
They'll live on in the heart.