See You Soon, Grandma

nospam@example.com (Chris Tyler) — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:25:16 -0500

On December 27, my Grandma passed away in London, Ontario. Today a memorial service is being held, but alas, I am in the US -- so here are a few of my own memories of Grandma on the web.

As the oldest child of the oldest child, my memories of Grandma start when she was only about twelve years older than I am today. She still had a couple of members of her children living at home, including a pre-teen/young teenager.

Some of my fondest memories of Grandma include -- in no particular order:

The Christmas stockings she made and hung from the railing-posts going up the stairway in her house. Each person's stocking included pictures indicating significant things in their life - a "PG" when Dad starting working at Proctor and Gamble, an artist's easle on my Mom's stocking.
Driving with her around Toronto one day when I was perhaps 4 years old, having some great conversations.
Her cooking at the cottage. She didn't swim much, and I was too young for Scrabble at the beginning, but I remember the lunches she brought down to the dock (with milk in coloured aluminum cups!), and I remember her offer to bake a blueberry pie if we collected 4 cups of wild blueberries (which are so tiny that you need a lot of them).
Her visits to our family whenever a child was born while we were living out west.
Living with Grandma and Grandpa when I studied Grade 13 at the Ontario Science Centre, and a year or two after. Having a teenager in the house again was undoubtedly a challenge, but she was gracious to me.
Reading her books of family history and her own many stories, including her work as a missionary.

I have many fond memories of Grandma. I look forward to seeing her again "soon" (at least in the eternal timeframe!) and giving her a big hug!

Remembrance Day

nospam@example.com (Chris Tyler) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 00:01:00 -0500

A classic music video for Remembrance Day: Dire Strait's Brothers in Arms.

Another Remembrance Day video worth seeing: Terry Kelly's A Pittance of Time

Easter Saturday

nospam@example.com (Chris Tyler) — Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:35:59 -0500

Today is Easter Saturday. Not a day marked on most calendars.

But it is a very important day nonetheless -- the day that Christ spent separated from the rest of God, cut off from God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. It's the day that history hung in the balance, the day between Christ's death and resurrection.

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See You Soon, Grandma

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