Today, March 14th would have been my
Grandma Lil's 100th Birthday. She went home to
be with the Lord 5 years ago. I have so many
memories of times spent with her and so many
funny stories that I share with people constantly.
I am surrounded by her things in our home. She
had a true style about her. She loved fashion and her home.
She had boxes full of great costume jewelry, which
I have and wear often. When I wear her charm
bracelets the constant jingly sounds from the charms
remind me of her. I cherish these memories.
An original charcoal drawing of Lil at
the age of 17 hangs in our dining room.
It was drawn by her brother in law,
he was an illustrator for the first Sears
catalogs.
The " Classic Christmas Tree" pose.
I am the one in pony tails. It was always
pure excitement when she arrived at our
home on Christmas Eve.
Here she and I are gazing at my new
baby sister Susan. Lil used to tell me
that I was a little bit jealous that she
had arrived !
A precious hammered silver cross.
Its home is in one of her many jewelry boxes.
I just love this tiny cross.
I also have one of her Bibles. When looking
through it, I was in the book of John and came
across Chapter 14. The verses here are double
underlined and highlighted. I know that these
verses gave Lil comfort.
John 14: 1 - 6
Jesus said "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in
God, believe also in Me.
"In My Father's house are many mansions; if it
were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place
for you.
"And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will
come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there
you may be also.
I smile and my heart is warmed knowing that Diamond Lil
is in the house of many mansions with the Lord. Its probably
perfectly decorated and accessorized, shiny and sparkly,
and she is too.
Have a Blessed March 14th, 2013
Amy
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