The Greatest Woman I will ever know

Today around 1:30 pm my Grandma Lorna passed away peacefully. We knew it was coming the hospice have been coming for about 2 weeks. She had stopped responding and went into a coma. For those of you that don't know she broke her back this summer and just went downhill ever since. She was in and out of the hospital sometimes every week and full of infection and on tons of different medications. She also has had lupus for 7 years and it had gotten really bad.

My grandpa passed away 9 years ago and well my Grandma has wanted to die ever since. She was not the same person after he died and lost the twinkle in her eye. My grandma has had more trials in her life than anyone I know. She has lost 4 out of her 10 kids. One drowned, one got ran over, one got in a car accident and died, and one had a brain tumor and died from it. She is the strongest woman I will ever know. After my Grandpa died she just couldn't take anymore but one of those 4 kids died after he did. She told me a couple months ago when she was suffering that all of her kids that had died not one of them had to suffer. She said that she thinks that she told Heavenly Father that she would take all of her kids suffering so that they wouldn't have to suffer when they died. I wouldn't be surprised at all that she said that. I am so happy for her that she isn't suffering anymore. That she is reunited with her kids and my Grandpa, her sweetheart Harry. I know they have been waiting for her. It was probably a big party in heaven today with trumps a sounding. She is going to be so missed. She has made such a huge impact in so many lives and has made her family members better people by her example. I strive to be like her but know I could never be amazing as she was. A friend wrote to me and said "There are no words I can write that can do Grandma Davis justice." She was one in a million. Truly an amazing woman. When I was a child my mom worked and she babysat me. We were so close. She was more than a grandmother. She was a 2nd mom and a best friend. We both LOVE to talk and would talk for hours. I loved our walks we would take together. I loved listening to her sing. I loved her laugh. When I was little my mom would drop me off at her house early in the morning before she would go to work. I would get back in bed with my grandma and she would always scratch my back or play with my hair or hold me. Oh how I miss that. She always made me feel loved by her. She was the best grandma I ever could have asked for and I am so lucky that I got to have her. I always loved going and watching movies with her. She would complain that she hated movies and never watched them, but then she always enjoyed it. She was the hardest working housewife I have ever known. Before she got sick she never stopped moving and never sat down. She was ALWAYS cooking and cleaning. She told me that she hoped that in heaven she would cook and clean because that is what she loves to do. A little piece of my heart is gone today. I am so grateful for the memories I have of her. I am grateful that my best qualities I have gotten from her. I am not even close to half the woman she was. I am just glad I have some of her good qualities. As a child my best memories are playing with my cousins at her house. Now that she is gone it's like the link is gone. On a Sunday when I would go to her house I knew that family members would be there because they always were. She was the link. Her house was the link. It's going to be so weird and different.We are a close family though so I know we will stay close. I am just so glad that she finally got what she wanted and is happy. She will definitely be missed. Here are a few pics. Not the best quality because I just took pictures of them with my phone.

So happy that they are reunited!

They loved to dress up for Halloween and always won best costume at their ward party.

Loved eating watermelon at Grandma's. Such a great memory.

She came to Florida to visit me when I worked at Disney World which was a big shocker. I was so excited!

Grandma holding Connor in the hospital after he was born. This is the only picture I have of her with one of my kids. I am sad that Jack will never know her and hope that Connor will remember her.

Love you Grandma! Miss you so much that it hurts, but knowing how much happier you are helps. Thank you for your amazing example to me.