Although you're not here with us anymore I still think about you often and I am inspired by your ability to raise six children, stay involved in their lives as well as keep a household running, and not give in completely to exhaustion! You must have been busy every minute of every day, with little time for yourself. You raised an amazing family with six amazing children and I wish that you could still be here to see how your six children continue to stay close to each other, and take care of each other, and how their love continues to grow. And as they've had children, and then grandchildren, the love doesn't get spread more thin because there's more people in the circle, it just grows bigger and bigger.
When I was 12 or 13 you were visiting our house and at night you had already laid down for bed but Grandpa wasn't in bed yet, I came and laid down next to you. I don't remember what we talked about, but I remember that we were laughing and enjoying the conversation. And then I told you that someday I would name my daughter after you. And you said, "Oh no, my name is too plain." But I insisted. And I thought about that often. And now I've been able to follow through on my promise and although she doesn't have your entire name, I think you'd be ok with me using part of your name and part of your daughter's name to honor what you both mean in my life. I think you would be proud of what your children have done in their lives, and I feel so fortunate to be part of that family that you built, beginning so long ago but continuing now and into the future.
When I was 12 or 13 you were visiting our house and at night you had already laid down for bed but Grandpa wasn't in bed yet, I came and laid down next to you. I don't remember what we talked about, but I remember that we were laughing and enjoying the conversation. And then I told you that someday I would name my daughter after you. And you said, "Oh no, my name is too plain." But I insisted. And I thought about that often. And now I've been able to follow through on my promise and although she doesn't have your entire name, I think you'd be ok with me using part of your name and part of your daughter's name to honor what you both mean in my life. I think you would be proud of what your children have done in their lives, and I feel so fortunate to be part of that family that you built, beginning so long ago but continuing now and into the future.
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