It's Not Good bye.. it's see ya later

On January 12th I lost my Grandma Caroline. I was named after her... And it has been pretty hard to deal with. She was 82 and diagnosed this year with lung cancer.

My sister, Con put together a great memory of her that we all contributed to:

"Don't let the past dictate who you are BUT let it a part of who you will be."

"First one to the top is King of the mountain"
"Is your refrigerator running?"
"uh, maybe next year"

We all have our memories--but sometimes you have to stop and think it is not just a memory but something in your life that you carry out--

Connie remembers picnics at Schiller park and Gram would say, "First one to the top of the mountian is King" Gram always taught us to be proud of our own accomplishments--even if it was something like climbing a hill. Gram, I really was Georgey Peachy!!

Julie remembers sleeping over at Grams and prank calling our Mom--Mom would leave us and 20 minutes later Gram would say, "Lets call your Mom and see what she's doing?" Let's prank her!! Our favorite was, is your refrigerator running? Well, today Julie is the same way--after she has a get together at her house she gets on that phone to call us 20 minutes later--What are you doing she asks?? Umm, Julie we're driving??

Caroline remembers Gram coming to see her play ball at Thillens and sending her the ticket from the game years later and all their talks about the cubs--They both know their cubs stuff and Caroline really believes 2012 is their year, Gram!!

Sometimes you to have realize that someone is a part of you,
from a memory in the past
and they will always be with you,
from a moment that will always last.

The memories will always last. See ya later Gram!