My Grandma!

My friend Karin recently (okay a few weeks ago!) tagged me - it's a photo tag. You go to your picture files, choose the 4th file, go to the 4th picture and post it and explain it and then tag 4 people. Since Marc has been home my blogging has declined, but he is off helping a friend with some of her "honey do's" since her husband is in Iraq, so I thought this might be a good time to catch up on some blogging. So here is my picture!

This is my grandma Ellen Coon looking at a picture with Hannah and Hailey, my niece Addison and my nephew Steven. It was Christmas time and they were looking at a picture that Grandma had received. They just love to be around her and that hasn't changed either!

This picture was taken almost four years ago on 12-18-04. Hannah was four, Hailey and Addison were two (almost three) and Steven was eight almost nine. Grandma was 90 in this picture! At the time she was still driving, living on her own, reading a ton and doing cross word puzzles like no one else. She played Canasta on Thursdays, walked at the mall daily, and told the rest of us to keep up!

Grandma just turned 94 in August and is still quick as a whip and as sharp as a tack! She drives less - but still drives, lives with my Aunt, walks most days either at Target or around the neighborhood and still does cross words. She is amazing! She is such a great example of unconditional love and service. She loves without judgment and serves with no thought of reward or recognition! She is genuinely concerned for the well being of others and makes sure to express her love often! I am sure that this is in part, her secret to longevity~ I hope I am half the lady she is when I am that age~ I love you grandma!

I tag Misty, Alision, Jen Mackay, Kim Mackay - can't wait to see what is in your files!