Sweet Memories
The other day was the 10th anniversary of Gavin's grandmother's passing. Gavin was very close to Grandma and I've always joked that Grandma was his first love. He was wildly protective of her and would buy flowers for her on Valentine's Day. (For the record, he bought me flowers, too. But after Grandma died, Gavin didn't buy flowers for me for several years. I think it pained him to not buy flowers for Grandma, too.)
But, I digress...
On the day of the anniversary, we took the kids to the cemetery to place flowers for Grandma. Then we took them home and pointed to all the pictures of her we have hanging in our house.
Last night, as I was drifting off to sleep, I started laughing. Gavin thought I lost my mind. But I didn't. I just had a memory flash of Grandma - one of my fondest. This morning, I woke in the best mood and I like to think it's because Grandma was with me while I was in such a peaceful state.
Here's the memory... (Maybe you'll find it as cute as I do.)
Years before she died, when we adopted a cat for Grandma and had the cat fixed. This is the conversation Gavin had with her about fixing the cat.
Gavin - Grandma, we're gonna get your cat spayed, okay?
Grandma - Why?
Gavin - So she won't have babies .
Grandma - They can do that?
Gavin - Yeah. Pretty cool, huh?
Grandma - And they're just gonna spray her? Wow. The things they can do nowadays.
Gavin and I tried our best not to burst into laughter (I'm not sure we did a very good job) and to this day, we still giggle about it. Grandma never did understand why the cat had to spend the night at the vet because "she just got sprayed" but she was happy the cat never had kittens.
Here's a picture of Grandma's beloved Bobbie.
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I love sweet Grandma stories!! :)
That was precious. I can see why Grandma made you laugh. That story really made me giggle.
BTW, my son was watching when I came to your page, and he loves the chocolate. That's right, my newly-two-year-old son LOVES chocolate. Uh huh, I'm raising him RIGHT!
Such a cute story, and I enjoyed the giggle. I can see J's "Mimi" doing or saying something similar.
That's so sweet. welcome back to blogland. ;)
Funny story - good to see you back!
awwwwww....sweet story....and Bobbie's a cutie.
What a sweet story.
ROFLOL! That is sooo cute (and hilarious). Reminds me of the time I was checking out a bird's nest above my gram's front door. It was early in the a.m. and there were babies in the nest. Noting they were busily chirping, I said, "Gram, your birds are awake." Her eyeballs bugged as she shot back, "Rattlesnake? Where?" Did I mention Gram refused to wear her hearing aid? ;)
Blessings,
~Toni~
HAHAHAHAHA. That's awesome.
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That is so sweet - that he couldn't bear to buy flowers for a while. Wow.
That is cute!
I love that you woke up in the best mood because Grandma was with you. That happens to me too sometimes when I dream about my father ;)
So funny, what a great story! Its good to see you back, too!!!
You're lucky to have a guy who's so good to his sweet grandma. They say that's a telltale of how he will treat his wife. Would you say that's true for you?
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Thinkin' bout you! Hope all is well.
LOL, what a great and funny memory.
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awww...that's such a sweet story! i remember when my grandfather died when i was in highschool...we all got together and told funny stories about him, and instead of crying because we were said, we were crying because we were laughing so hard!
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That is an awesome memory! I would have had a hard time not laughing too!
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