Great Grandma’s Basement
Spending time with family is always important and meaningful, but lately I’ve realized these moments won’t last forever. Significant people pass away and we must move on. By significant people, I’m referring to my great grandma Viola. While I was serving at her funeral a year ago, tears flowing down my face, I reminisced about the glorious times I spent at her house, especially Christmas six years ago. Because my cousins and I live thirty minutes away from each other and all lead busy lives, we tend to only see each other during the holidays. Six years ago, we were all well into our awkward preteen phases and seemed to forget how to communicate. None of us had boyfriends or girlfriends yet and nothing super exciting …show more content…
As I reminisce about my great grandma, I think of her house, the place where my cousins and I grew up together. I didn’t realize how much that moment meant to me until I was sitting in the church at my great grandma’s funeral celebrating her life. Now that she’s gone, family gatherings will never be the same. Several months after her passing, we divided up her belongings and sold her house. Whenever I drive by her house now, I see the rusty red barn, broken teeter totter, and the beautiful garden outside and sadness immediately sweeps over me. In my mind, I see the broken wooden rocking horse my great grandma rode on when she was a child, the dusty flower-patterned couch, and the dark green recliner that anyone could drown in. To most people, it’s just another house, but to me, it holds my childhood. Although we will never be able to go back to that basement again, the memories will stay alive. The thought of her being gone makes me miss her even more, but it also reminds me that she would want my cousins and me to build on our friendships. My great grandma served as the glue that held my family together, so we must try harder to keep it that way; these memories help to do so.
As we sit around the table at the next holiday gathering, we will reminisce about the good ole days and the memories will bring us closer once again. We will make new memories as the years go by, but nothing will surpass the sound
Spending time with family is always important and meaningful, but lately I’ve realized these moments won’t last forever. Significant people pass away and we must move on. By significant people, I’m referring to my great grandma Viola. While I was serving at her funeral a year ago, tears flowing down my face, I reminisced about the glorious times I spent at her house, especially Christmas six years ago. Because my cousins and I live thirty minutes away from each other and all lead busy lives, we tend to only see each other during the holidays. Six years ago, we were all well into our awkward preteen phases and seemed to forget how to communicate. None of us had boyfriends or girlfriends yet and nothing super exciting …show more content…
As I reminisce about my great grandma, I think of her house, the place where my cousins and I grew up together. I didn’t realize how much that moment meant to me until I was sitting in the church at my great grandma’s funeral celebrating her life. Now that she’s gone, family gatherings will never be the same. Several months after her passing, we divided up her belongings and sold her house. Whenever I drive by her house now, I see the rusty red barn, broken teeter totter, and the beautiful garden outside and sadness immediately sweeps over me. In my mind, I see the broken wooden rocking horse my great grandma rode on when she was a child, the dusty flower-patterned couch, and the dark green recliner that anyone could drown in. To most people, it’s just another house, but to me, it holds my childhood. Although we will never be able to go back to that basement again, the memories will stay alive. The thought of her being gone makes me miss her even more, but it also reminds me that she would want my cousins and me to build on our friendships. My great grandma served as the glue that held my family together, so we must try harder to keep it that way; these memories help to do so.
As we sit around the table at the next holiday gathering, we will reminisce about the good ole days and the memories will bring us closer once again. We will make new memories as the years go by, but nothing will surpass the sound