Month: May 2019

More Tulips

I wanted to come up with a witty title, but alas no.

I went to the cemetery today and visited the graves of my mother, my maternal grandparents and my brother. I don’t remember my grandma, she died of cancer when I was just a toddler. My grandpa died when I was about 12 but after having a stroke he came to live with us for a while. I remember him before the stroke, he often wore a fedora and loved Pecan Sandies. I should probably miss him more than I do, but I remember feeding him popsicles and hearing him swear (those seemed to be some of the words that he didn’t lose with the stroke). One day, while I was sitting with him feeding him a popsicle, he grabbed me by the arm. He held on pretty tightly and at the time it scared me. I think he was trying to tell me that he loved me, but I kind of skedaddled out of there. I wonder if I hurt his feelings, but I’ll never know.

Matt and mom I miss a whole lot.

While I visited with the headstones I wondered whether my mom and grandparents would be proud of me if they were around today. I’ve been reading old papers and my grandma’s (paternal) history and I’ve been impressed that I have some pretty amazing people in my family and wondered how I measured up.

I didn’t have any flowers to take to the cemetery with me today, so after I mowed the lawn I decided to cut a few tulips and take a picture in tribute to some pretty neat people. I probably should have done 4 but I learned in second grade that until you have over a dozen you should always use an odd number or they look weird.

Temple

From nine stories up.

Today, my nephew got married. So at lunch I took this shot out the window. It always amazes me how much time some of our ceremonies take. Weddings, funerals and other celebrations are just a big time commitment. Even though parts of them only take an hour or so, when you add together all of those components it takes the whole day.

I knew that there wasn’t going to be much time to work on a picture today so in between spending time with family I just had to sneak a shot. I know that there are a lot better pictures of the Salt Lake Temple, but for today, this is going to have to do.