when i said today, i wasn't expecting this
i got an early morning call from my dad this morning and just knew. purple grandma was gone.
here i sit, not even knowing how to do this post justice.
(look they even tortured babies and put them in baskets 80 years ago)
honestly i am having a hard time.. trying to convey in words what she was to me, what she did for me, and who i am in large part because of her. i was, and am, really really lucky.
all of my favorite childhood memories were made with her help. i miss her.
she never judged me. she always said it like it was. and she always kept us grounded.
i can only imagine whats going on up there right now. i'm sure she was greeted by my grandpa asking "what the hell took you so long?" followed by a really long embrace and a big wet kiss. at least that is what i am hoping for. she lost my grandpa 18 years ago. 18 years. i hope i go first when we are old. i couldn't imagine.
i love her, i miss her, and i hope that one day i can be like her.
(yeah.. this is her in high school. what? with her dad)
(little known fact.. she was singer)
wondering where "purple grandma" comes from?
When baker's family first met her at my wedding she was wearing this amazing purple outfit. it's her favorite color. everything matched perfectly.. the shoes, the jewelry, the bag, the eye-shadow.. everything. such a fashionista.so "purple grandma" sort of formed. it stuck with emmy and since then we have just called her purple grandma.
