Grandma!! Celebrating her life!

   Today we celebrated Grandma Idonna's life! She was a very special and wonderful person who taught me a lot. I am so grateful to have known her and to be apart of her life.  She was a tough minded woman and certainly always gave it to me straight. She believed in me, listened to me, and gave me advice and encouragement when I needed it. She would often say, "anyway, anyhow" and would certainly mention that she would give me a "swift kick in the butt" if I needed it and in my life - Lord knows that I needed it a lot.
     My last phone call with her was about my new job that I would be starting; becoming a media specialist next fall. I expressed to her that I was nervous, scared, and excited- but more scared that I wouldn't be any good and would fail. She then said, "Jen, where's your confidence? You better find it or I am going to have to come down and kick your butt"...lol.
    In her final day,  I got to spend it with her, telling her how much I loved her, that I was honored to have known her and most importantly thanking her for being my Grandma and for loving me. She said she loved me back and then later said, I don't know what to do. I expressed that she didn't need to do anything.... That God will take care of the rest. She passed with Julie and I  at 7:45am...words cannot express that moment...it is too much emotion.