Circle of Life

I have a GG. GG stands for Great Grandmom and that’s what the boys call her.

Big A named her from the first time he could speak. She is 86 years old and both of my boys adore her. I think my boys have helped her over the years still maintain her youthfulness because she seems to bounce back when she is around them.

Something scary happened last week.

My mom and sister had to rush her to the hospital because she couldn’t breathe.  My mom found her on the couch doubled over holding her chest and gasping for air.

We were all panicked and thought, “Is this it?” The Doctor thought she had Emphysema, I mean she has been smoking since the age of 12 years old. Can you even imagine?

After four days in the hospital and test after test, she was cleared and looks great. Whew!

We now know what happened.

Last week we were hit by a small tornado! We have never seen anything like this in our area before. It was completely shocking and devastating to some families.

People were without electricity for days, clean up is still going on and some homes have been severely damaged.

My sister and I were in such awe that we road around taking photo after photo. We just couldn’t believe it.

So when my mom picked up my GG and took her back to her house, her mouth fell open. She kept saying “I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime. This is so horrible.” She was literally in a state of shock and couldn’t get it out of her head.

We believe she had a panic attack and was severely affected by the heat. It was in the 90′s and no one in town had electricity.

Big A is completely in love with his GG. While she was in the hospital he kept asking if she was ok, if he could go see her and when she would come home.

We visited her a few times and he sat on the bed with her kissing and hugging her. He would say “Come on GG, pack your stuff we are taking you home.”

She has so much fun with the boys and plays with them like she is four years old again;

She always takes the time to read to them, make them laugh and showers them lots of kisses.

She is a strong woman. After she lost her husband {my Grandpop} twenty-two years ago, she has lived by herself. She always says that she lost the love of her life and no one could compare to him. She is completely right, but I can not imagine being alone for that many years.

I know when the day comes to say good-bye, I am going to be so worried by how Big A is going to react.

How do you teach a four year old about death? He loves her to pieces and wants to see her every day. It is so special to watch her play with the boys and I feel that they are very lucky to have such a wonderful, caring and loving GG.

Hopefully I won’t have to climb this mountain for a very long time.

We love you GG and are so happy that you are now home and doing well.

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