Monday, November 24, 2008

Remembering Bama


It was a busy weekend for us and I told Todd that I really felt we needed to go and see Bama (Todd's grandma) at the nursing home. Her health was on the decline and she had recently been put on hospice. As it turns out on Sunday we stopped at his mom and dad's house and when we were there, the nursing home called and said that she was not doing well and if anyone wanted to see her now was the time. We went right away and saw her and I am so thanful that we did. She passed away that evening. I have so many memories of Bama as she lived with us for awhile. She loved babies - didn't matter whether they were a boy or a girl. She also loved plants and had a green thumb that would rival many. She enjoyed eating and one of her recipes that we thought was quite funny was mixing Slimfast and icecream together. Now that's my kind of shake! We will miss her and look forward to the day when Jesus comes and we can see her again.

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Gardner Family "Remember When" List

  • Wyatt wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up - I just found several of the children's books on firefighting that he collected over the years.
  • Sierra called pillows "po-po's" and carried them all over the house.
  • Logan used to call Jesus "Gigi" and Haystacks, "haysnacks".
  • Logan used the black and red dry eraser markers and decorated Daddy's office and two of the walls in the family room!
  • Logan heard the phone ring and said, "Mommy the phone is talking to you"
  • Logan put nails in Daddy's grill on his car and every 30 feet down the road he heard "plink, plink"!
  • Logan went to the bathroom on his potty chair and then promptly said, Now it's Sissy's turn!
  • Mom totally shocked us all by letting us get a kitty that we promptly named "Morning Star"
  • Sierra surprised us by demonstrating that she could climb to new heights and ended up on top of the dining room table
  • We were at Lay Advisory Retreat and Logan pulled the fire alarm and everyone thought that Mom had done it
  • We were leaving Camp Au Sable and Dad brushed the trees with the RV and Logan said "Sorry Trees, Sorry Trees!"
  • Dad backed up the RV into Aunt Lori's car and wrecked the bumper and didn't even hardly feel a thing in the RV!