Every summer I looked forward to the week that I would spend at your house with Grandpa. For so many years I was able to enjoy your company. Hot summer nights, sitting on your bed watching Wheel of Fortune whilst eating cheetos. You hated commercials and would play your hadn help Yatzhee game inbetween puzzles.

I was so sad when I had to stop coming. Working summers in bewtween my summers while enrolled in University did not permit me to come as often. But I still tried. Do you remember that summer my friend rented a car to bring me to you? We went to a bar for dinner, then we played bingo. It was fun being able to evolve our relationship. You ordered your classic gin and orange juice and I ordered a beer, Grandpa didn't approve, but we still had fun!

When Thomas was born, I couldn't wait to call you. I so wished you could have come to my baby shower. It wasn'y until the morning of that I discovered no one was going to bring you. I was devestated. I did my best to not show it, but I still think about how much I missed you that day. 

Everyone told me to be careful. That I should be warry of letting you hold Thomas as you were digressing with your health. Not once did I doubt you. The last memory I have of us is when you and Grandpa took Jake, Thomas and I out for dinner. It was the day before my 24th birthday. You played with Thomas at the table, and your eyes sparkled. 

Nanny, you are in my thoughts every day. You have no idea how much you meant to me. I knew you wouldn't be with us much longer, and I took it upon myself to mend the relationship between me and my parents just days before you passed, because I just knew you didn't have much more time. The girls and I will never stop vocalizing our fondest memories of you. You will forever be alive in our hearts.

Love,

Samantha