Pass Around

Well, it's been a tough week for me. Last Sunday night while we were in Iowa City for Labor Day weekend with Bryan's family my mom called and told me that my grandma had passed away. It was my Grandma Reha, who I think most if not all of you have probably met at one time or another since she went with us everywhere. Interestingly enough, tomorrow is the 27th anniversary of my grandpa's death. It's hard to believe my grandma lived that long all by herself. Rachel, thank you for allowing me to come over on Monday morning...a little girl time is exactly what I needed!

So, I took both Thursday and Friday off of work, and since I didn't work Monday, it was a really short week. I drove out to my parents Wednesday after work, as other family was starting to come into town then. Thursday we had visitation, and Bryan joined me then. The funeral was Friday morning. Although I'm still very sad, she lived all but the last two months of her life completely independently, and she was 94 years old. We knew it would probably happen in the next couple of months, we just didn't know it would be this soon. Although I think it was for the best, because I don't think any of us would have wanted to watch her continue to decline.

Considering the circumstances, the week has been very good for family time though. Every family member (3 kids and spouses, 9 grandkids and significant others, and 9 great-grandchildren) all made it back. We've had a great time reminiscing, going through pictures, and just spending time together the last few days. My grandma got to see everyone also within the last month even though several members live in other parts of the country. Today we worked on cleaning out her house, sorting through stuff and then got together to watch the Iowa game. Bryan and I just came back tonight and are beat!! I'm heading to bed very shortly!

Hate to be a bummer, but I thought I would just share that news.

Hope the rest of you are all having great weekends!