A Memorial Tribute to Granny
"Dear God," "When You are ready for my Granny, could You please take her to heaven while she sleeps comfortably at home?" I prayed this granddaughter request often. God answered my prayer on October 30th...just the way I requested. Her small, simple, pre-arranged funeral last week in Southern Indiana mirrored how she lived and died...without fanfare. The picture below was taken in front of her "pretty little house" as she called it on September 21st, 2013 during our last visit with her. She was 97 years old. Granny was looking forward to the family reunion awaiting her in heaven. She had out-lived her only child ~ my dad, plus two husbands, five brothers and sisters, her parents and many friends. I won't forget a conversation we shared recently about death. She said, "Sissy, when the time comes for me to go, just think of this story I once heard at a funeral. Imagine me on a great ship on it's way to heaven. As the ship