Eulogy For Grandmother

Spending tons of time at my grandmother’s house in my middle to high school years is something I remember so fondly. Either sitting next to my grandma or in the kitchen concocting up some dessert is normally what that time consisted of. I was always afraid to under or over bake something that when the timer went off I would rush the pan or whatever it was holding the dessert over to her to check, or she would get up with me to check it. We wasted the day away in that kitchen making jalapeño poppers and have random conversations during the process. That was the time when my Grandpa would be out doing some handy work in his shed, so it was the perfect time to tell Grandma all my darkest secrets. She was definitely my confidant and I could tell …show more content…
She stood about 5’4, had grey hair and brown eyes. You could almost always catch her in her white tennis shoes, black loose pants and some t-shirt that had words on it. One particular shirt she wore was a white t-shirt that had the words “Celebrate the dash” on it. For some reason, she wore a different shirt out in public than she did just sitting at home. It was still some t-shirt but she always changed into a different t-shirt when leaving the house. Her common words would be “I need to go change my shirt and comb my hair.” Then she would proceed to change shirts and would comb her grey short afro style hair, every Friday going to the hair dresser to get it curled …show more content…
She was graduating June 3, 2017 so we were leaving May 31st. I asked Mom to go over to Grandma’s house so I could say goodbye. I remember walking out of the house and saying to myself “Remember this, it might be the last.” So I remembered her leaning up against the table and saying goodbye. I quickly pushed the idea about it being the last because she was going to live forever. We made it down to Texas and saw Ashley graduate June 3rd. our grandparents called to say that they had watched the graduation online and how they were both so proud of