Happy Birthday Grandma!

Tomorrow is my granny's 82nd birthday. Wow, could you imagine living that long?! She used to tell me stories about how when she was little they didn't have toys and they were even luckier still to get some form of doll. It's no wonder that she ended up working at a toy store and spoiled the heck out of me.

The sad part is that she isn't doing well now and one of my uncle's thinks it's only a matter of time before she passes. The good part of her decline is that she's lost a lot of the ability to hold (or remember to) a grudge which she did...and often. The main thing that she had held onto in the last couple of years is the sale of her decaying house. She had been there for DECADES and had a very strong emotional bond with it. We were forced to move her out since there was no money to fix the multitude of things wrong with it and she never forgot that, until now. She was taken by the old house for the first time in over 2 years and although it has been totally renovated, painted, and landscaped she didn't seem to recognize it at all. This was a really sad thing for me to hear since I grew up there. It is such a bittersweet thing that I'm not sure I fully dealt with the feelings of it.

It's really been one of the most awful things I've ever had to go through as I watch my grandma decline and lose capability of just about everything she's ever been able to do. I was really hoping that we had more time with her if only in a mental state but we have lost that too. I pray that we have enough special times with her that I can show to No-No but given that she's only 2 there aren't as many as one would like.

Happy Birthday Grandma!