The 17 January was the last time i seen you nanna. when all
your family was called to your bed side. All I wanted to do is tell you to hold on for us. But I could see in your eyes
you wanted to go so when no one was there it was just you and me I held you close and told you how much I loved you and
that it was ok for you to go to granddad. It was one of the hardest things I have done. But I know you are happy now.
At your funeral I stood up and read a poem out and I did not know how I would get through it
with out crying but I know you gave me the strengh to do it. All the family told me how proud you would have been of me .
But I wished that you where still here.
I have been thinking a lot about my childhood and all the fun time we had at your place nanna.
When we walked into your kitchen it all always smelled of all your baking you where all ways cooking something. It could
be a roast to cakes or all your jams and chutneys that you where always making. After your funeral your grandkids got talking
about all the things we did. Like playing on top of the water tank and getting in trouble, or playing on the old truck in
the shed that we where told to stay of cause of snakes.On the block of ground near your house it had a hill with realy tall
grass and all us kids loved to play hide and seek in there and you would come out with a stick waving it in the air saying
who every is in there is going to get a smack we would all run out laughing. We all knew no matter what we did you never hit
any of us you loved us all so much and we all loved you . There was once that us girls where made to sit down for an hour
and not move and that is when we told the boys to jump in the well only problem with that was you did have a well in the backyard
and us girls told our brothers there where lollies at the bottom for them to get in there and we took the top of it. But the
boys did not go near it they come and told on us.They got lollies from you and us girls had to sit in the corner.
Nanna i remember the look in your eyes when I said my wedding vows you where so proud of me.
As I was your only granddaughter at the time to be married and not have kids. And you thought that was great you told a few
why can't you be like Bobbie and marry first.You then went on to get quite drunk but you had fun.
The pic above is the last photo i have of us together it was taken at you surprise 90th. You
where almost 92 when you passed. I hope I have half a good as life as you. You where always doing something. Even in
your 80's you where doing your own yard work.
Well nanna i am going to miss you every day but I want you to know that i love you and will
go on loving you.
