Grandma went to be with Grandpa last night. We sat in the lobby while they removed the ventilator from her throat. She took a few breaths and left this world, with her family by her side. She left the pain and illness that had uninvitedly consumed her body.
While we sitting at the hospital as our grandma memories were being shared, I remembered a story from maybe 12 or so years ago. My cousin Amanda and I had gone to Grandma's for a visit. I had taken a liking to the Snicker's ice cream bars and Grandma told me I could have as many as I wanted. Being a kid, unable to restrain myself, I ate the whole box - a good 4 or 5 candy bars. Needless to say, that night I saw all 4 or 5 of those candy bars again and had to wake Grandma up at the middle of the night to tell her I had thrown up in the bathroom.
Not long after Grandma passed away, Bo and I left the hospital to head home. He stopped on the way home to get gas and to my surprise, came home with Snicker's ice cream bars. I couldn't think of a better way to remember Grandma than to sit on our back porch at 1AM and toast ice cream candy bars in her honor.
I'm thankful for my time with her and will see her again one day. Until then, Roll Tide Grandma!
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