list 43 things about my grandma, so that I'll never forget

17)When we would come home from a trip out of state (usually Oregon), Grand would sing the chorus to the Idaho state song…She would sing “And here we have Idaho” when we would cross the boarder into Idaho.
18) She was secretly married to a man before my grandfather. None of us knew about this man until she was very old, and her little brother leaked the information one flag day (small town celebration with a parade) when he had had too much to drink…Good old uncle Zip. She went to her grave without talking about it.
19)Grand loved babies, and she could always predict what someone was having.

11) Good posture was important to her. She would have us walk with books on our head in the living room.
12) She was fiercely patriotic, and felt like she fought the wars along side of those brave soldiers (emotionally anyway).
13) She would sit on her scratchy floral hid-a-bed couch with a book in one hand and a cigarete in the other hand. She would forget to flick her cigarette because she was so engaged with the book, and she would get a long ash balaned on top of her cigarette.
14) She raised four daughters: Nancy, Sally, Margaret and Katherine.
15) She was such a great gardner that some of our friends used to call her Mother Nature.
16) One time we had a flash flood come down from the forrest behind our house. Grandmother stood on our front porch and shook her fist at the flood and said “don’t you dare!”, because it was heading right for our yard. The flood came down to our fence line, made a sharp right turn, and went around our fenceline into the neighbor’s yard. From that day on, I KNEW she had special mother nature powers…I think she did too.

1. Had brilliant red hair and an attitude to support it
2. Was the only daughter in her family. She had three brothers
3. Loved to read. Read anything she could get her hands on
4. Loved to garden. We had the prettiest yard in town
5. Wore a blue sweater and had horned rimmed glasses for years
6. Worked as a CNA
7. Made beautiful quilts for her family. Every grandaughter had one
8. Used an old black singer sewing machine which she promised me when I turned 16.
9. Had a porceline doll named Carlie. I have her in my hope chest.
10. Loved baseball. Was a fierce fan of the Atlanta Braves.