Dear Grandma,
Happy Birthday!!I hope you’re having a splendid time in heaven. I love and miss you so dearly. You probably already know, but I have a little brother now Landon and he’s a rambunctious 4 year old. You finally got the little boy you always wanted in our family I wish you were here to see all that has happened. I am in college now. Studying nursing and later I aspire to be a nurse attorney. Blending the best of both worlds. I am also a nanny. I want to thank you for showing me how to love others. Everything I stand for comes from you. I believe in kindness and empathy thanks to you.
I miss our mornings where the smell of boiled eggs with ketchup and toast filled the house and either church music, the Wendy Williams show or the Ellen show was on. I miss the backyard I would roll around in with the dogs while you gardened outside. I miss the thousands of bright fireflies that would fill your backyard at night. I miss when we would go to the pool store to fix the above ground pool outside. I miss when you would throw old rice outside for the birds that lived in the tall streets surrounding the house. Weirdly enough I also miss that wood pecker that was so annoyingly loud! Lol. I miss everything about you. I hope you are seeing everything my little brother and family are experiencing. It’s hard thinking about you because I still wish so badly that you were still here, breathing, hugging, comforting. Know that although I am struggling with mental health and other life issues currently and still have days where it feels impossible to breathe, I will be okay. I know you worried about whether I would be okay as I grew up to be an adult. I want to let you know that I am okay thanks to your memory. I will never give up because you never did. You fought until the very end. You are the strongest women I know (other than my mom). I will make sure that Landon knows you like you were still here! The other day I showed him your picture and he finally said “That’d gran-ma”.
Although tears still stain my cheeks on days like today where your memory is recognized, I am smiling just at all the wonderful memories you’ve left me with. I am so grateful and just lucky and blessed to have a grandma like you. Whenever God calls me home, I hope you are the first person I see. I just know that I will see you again and that gives me reason to live my life like there’s no tomorrow.
I love you so much ❤️
Happy Birthday!!!
Love,
Taylor