A Road Trip and a Funeral

I didn't post last week...I had a lot to post about, but very little time to actually write anything down. I guess I should start with our road trip to Benton. My Grandmother's sister (Peggy) lives in a nursing home in Cabot and my Aunt and Uncle live in Benton. Peggy is over 90 years old and her health is definitely declining. They even asked her if she wanted to go on Hospice, but she told the doctors that she wasn't ready for that step yet. I still think she is a little spitfire - considering her age and deteriorating health - she is doing pretty well.

We decided that Aunt Peggy needed to meet Claire sooner rather than later, so we took a little trip down to central Arkansas. We drove down Friday night and stayed with my Aunt and Uncle. They loved Claire and it was really good to see them - it had been too long. Then on Saturday we drove to Cabot and visited with Aunt Peggy. I love watching my Grandmother and her sister. They are hysterical together. They just laugh and talk. Peggy loved little Claire too. Claire sat on her lap and grabbed her cheeks. It was precious. It was a really good trip and I am so glad that we decided to go.

Our adventure to visit the relatives was less than two weeks ago, but it seems like a lot longer.

Jared's grandmother (Verna Beatrice Dixon Edwards) passed away the Saturday before Christmas (the same night we got back in town). Everything was a whirlwind after that. Sunday we went to the funeral home with the family to be there for support while they made arrangements. Tuesday was the visitation and Wednesday was when they held the funeral.Verna B. was a lovely lady and wonderful grandmother. The funeral was really nice, but also really hard. She will be missed. Here is a story in memory of Grandma:

Jared always used to do yard work for his grandparents and they would pay him good money for it. One day he went over and his grandmother told him that the hedges needed trimming. He had already trimmed one set of hedges a few weeks prior, so he went outside and looked around for the other hedges that needed trimming. He found some that looked grown out and trimmed away. His grandmother came out later to check the progress and realized he had trimmed her Crepe Myrtle. Jared said that she didn't even get mad and still paid him anyway.

 

During the tumultuous week before Christmas I used all of the spare time I had to get all of my last minute Christmas shopping and wrapping finished. Claire had her first Christmas this year and I'll post about that in the near future.