My Nannie's birthday was July 2nd. My Nannie is my Mom's mom. She passed away in 1998. I was 16. I was very close to her and had a lot of memories with her. Crazy that I had more years with Anna, 18 years. Not enough time with either of them. Nelson and I went to Brandon where my Nannie and Grandpa Tucker are buried. I never got the chance to meet my Grandpa Tucker (my Nannie's husband, my Mom's dad). He passed away in 1968. We brought flowers, and prayed, and sang Happy Birthday to my Nannie and my children's Great Grandma. They call her Great Nannie...which she would have absolutely loved. She would ask my siblings and me to call her beautiful when we entered her room. No modesty there :).
Check out Joshua running away thinking we were at a park. It was kind of nice to have him lighten the mood. Children are really really good at that.
At the end of the month we head to North Carolina to visit with Anna's parents and Shawn and pray where Anna's body was laid to rest. I wanted the girls to know what to expect so going to the cemetary in Brandon was good. They had A LOT of questions, and their vision of what it was going to be like was gruesome and I think they were relieved when we got there. Brianna got a baby wipe and was vigurously cleaning her Great Grandparent's stone and wanting it to be perfect for them. Mikayla didn't want to leave when it was time. I think she felt closer and a pull to the Great Grandparents she's never met. I'm hopeful that they have a good, healing experience like this when we visit their Aunt Anna. I'm worried about how I'll do with my children there, but praying I can keep it together as well as possible. In the morning when I wake up on the 4th I know Anna will be my first thought like every morning...and I will celebrate with my family and some friends with her close to my heart all day. So very thankful for my beautiful best friend and the example of a kind, loving, giving, forgiving, Christ loving person she was.
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