Tomorrow evening I will finally be visiting my grandmother in celebration of her 88th birthday. My Grammy (my Dad's Mom) moved back to her home of New England with the assistance of two of her children after many years in Florida and the past couple of years in New Mexico. She went to New Mexico to be with one of her sons and his wife who took excellent care of her. But, Grammy began to suffer from increasingly poor health and the family concensus was that she would be better off closer to three of her other children who live in Massachusetts. Grammy always said after she moved to Florida that she would not want to ever live in New England again because she hated the cold but I am sure she is pleased to be so near her family now.
She lives with Aunt Betty now and receives frequent visits from her many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren who live in this area. I am one of many grandchildren and for a multitude of reasons, I have not been down to Mass to see her since she came back.
Tomorrow is the perfect occasion to go being her birthday and all. Many of my extended family will be there as well so it will be nice to see them too. Grammy loves chocolate covered cherries and as long as they are allowed on her medical regimen, I am sure she will enjoy the box I will be bringing.
Grammy has slowed down quite a bit in the past few years but I feel very fortunate to say that I have many wonderful memories from my childhood of Sunday dinners at Grammy and Grampy's with all the Aunts and Uncles and Cousins present. Dinner was always followed by a grand game of cards and once I was old enough, I was allowed to join in as well. It really is a shame that my children have not been able to experience the same kind of family visits that I had as a child. Our family just isn't as large as Grammy's and those we do have live so far away. I'll just to have to continue to pass on the stories from those days so my kids will know how it once was.
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