When the Lord told Abraham about the Noble and Great ones, I'm sure he was talking about my grandma, Eva Adams Lambert. She would have been 91 next month, but she passed away on Sunday. My grandpa asked me if to do the life sketch at her funeral tomorrow. I am honored beyond words because I have so very much love and respect for my grandma. I'm also nervous, because i hope i can do her life justice. She never knew how wonderful and beautiful she was, and I hope that I can show everyone else the sweet, funny, kindhearted woman I've been honored to know that last 28 years. She was truly a remarkable womanIt's been kind of fun to talk to my great aunts about their sister and hear stories from her childhood. I have to share my favorite story so far. She was teaching her sister Nita how to drive, and they had to drive through a grove of trees to get to the house. Their old rooster was in the way, and being young and inexperienced, they didn't know what to do. So they drove right over top of it. All my grandma could do was laugh at the poor dead rooster with it's tail feathers sticking up. That was the end of driving lessons.
Anyway, this has been kind of a hard week for me. My mom is the only daughters, and her brother's don't want too much to do with the details of funeral planning. My mom has said many times that I am a strength to her, so this week i've been helping with funeral planning. It is a sacred feeling to do things for my grandma that she can't do for herself, yet it breaks my heart because I will miss her so very much. I spent large portions of my summers on her farm as a child. As a college student, it was her house I would go to when i needed to get away from it all. She will be greatly missed. I am thankful for my testimony that this life is not the end - that death is merely a doorway into eternal life. I"m thankful for the temple and covenants of eternal marriage. And I'm thankful for the righteous influence one soul can have upon another.
4 comments:
I'm so sorry, Kylie. I wish I were there to give you a hug. Grandma's are really remarkable and very special people, and I'm so glad you were blessed with such a Grandma. All our love to you and your family.
I'm sorry for your loss. It's never easy to loose someone, but someone you were close to is even harder. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Dear Kylie, I'm so glad that I got to know your Grandma a little this past few months. The way you described going to her house in the summers and how you felt there reminded me of how Len talks about his grandparents farm and the memories he has of his summers there. I loved my grandparents too, but lived across the country from them, so I don't have those memories, and wish I had. Good luck tomorrow with the life sketch, I'm sure you will do a great job.
This is me sending you a great big hug. But I am so thankful that you have a testimony, and that you know that you will see her again. What great comfort that brings. We love you!
Post a Comment