Surprised by Grace
On the fourteenth of this month we noted the second anniversary of my mother's death. Although overwhelmed by life, my mother until her stroke approached dying most of the time with a calm logical attitude.. Months before her time came she started writing notes that gave the history of different things. I now have the desk that a relative took out of her attic to give to my grandparents on their wedding day. I have a casserole dish that was the only item my grandmother had that belonged to her mother Matilda. My great grand died when my grand was 13. I found a small glass container which contained a note. It said that my grandmother had kept spoons in it. I'm uncertain how many notes she. wrote or how many more would she have liked to do. The notes plus a few autobiographical entries in a notebook showed the mind of a loving, logical woman who treasured her heritage and loved her family. Last weekend all 5 of us plus some spouses and some grandchildren gathered at ...