Challenging Days

Kevin's grandmother has been very sick and getting sicker, for days.

It has been a hard time.  She turned 95 last week and has lived a good, long, interesting life -- but saying good-bye is never easy.

We have out of town family in town right now, so Thanksgiving will have extra family -- which is a blessing.

But we won't have Grandma Lydia and as our 9 year old says, "Thanksgiving won't be the same without her."

It is amazing to think of how many changes she has seen. She was born during World War 1 and has weathered the Great Depression, the Second World War, major societal changes (some good, some bad), raised children, lost a daughter who was quite young (only in her 40's) and then has lived as a widow for 30 years. 

I know we are blessed to have family who have those memories, who have lived through the turbulent last century. And it is hard to say good-bye.