Today marks one year since my grandmother, Edna, passed away ~ an event which (at the time) would unknowingly became the start to a new career path for me. Most of you know that Grandma Edna was a very special person to me, as grandmas often are~ at a young age she introduced me to three of the sweetest things on earth: church and Jesus and dessert. We've had many a discussion about the importance of being part of a church and knowing God while enjoying a dish of ice cream, a piece of fudge~ if it was sweet, we were eating it ;-) She's the one person who was just always tickled with me no matter what I did and would not dare believe I could do anything sinful... and isn't that what Grandmas do best?? I do wish she was here to see me now, doing something I love, and yet I understand things would not have happened the same way if she were still here.
What I didn't know last year when Grandma left us to be with Jesus is that she would also leave a special gift that was more than the sum of its parts: the chance to pursue a dream, be challenged in mind, body and spirit and allow God to reveal my purpose in being here while working in and through me to touch others' lives. For that, I am eternally grateful.
December 2005~ Christmas Tea with Grandmas "Cake" and Weidler
February 2007~ celebrating 'Great-Nana Cakes' 94th birthday
