Daily Mantra:
“Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.”
{emily.dickinson}
My darling Mikki….I think she must be the sweetest witch in all the land. This is her THIRD year as a witch…maybe she picks it because its so contrary to her personality. I am just not sure, but here we are again as a witch. Witches are divine though…a {hello} to another day of witchery, ghosts and ghouls….
also, a goodbye….
My grandmother Dorothy Warren passed away late last evening. When I met her, I was 5 years old, angry about my parents divorce, and not too keen on adding any more family members to my already confusing life. I can still remember my very first moment with her…stepping out of my mothers old, blue Thunderbird with a sully look on my face. She embraced me and buried my head into her body as if she had always known me.
“Do you like Rocks?” She asked.
“Umm…sure.” I said, faux shy {I am not a shy person…but I play one on TV}.
She grabbed my hand as if I was the only one that ever mattered in the world and we walked up the pine needle laced drive way to the garage attic where she showed me a world of amazing I had never seen before. As a middle school science teacher, she had spent half a lifetime collecting rocks, shells, weird things that appeal to the ages of 5-really old, and a sense of adventure that could only be compared to an Amazon explorer in search of the worlds most perfect leaf. My other grandma’s, although wonderful, could not compare to the excitement that Grammy Dot could give. Dress-up, anyone? She had the REAL outfits. A nature walk? She had the nets. A girl scout patch that you had to earn by Monday or your leader would have a cow? She had just the thing to blow her away, and make those other green chicks look like a clover with only 2 leaves. Want to play volleyball, bad mitten, baseball? She could organize it like it was a world event, and then beat your socks off.
Do you ever just meet someone who is unexpectedly brilliant….? That was her.
Hats off to a simply divine lady…I am not feeling sad tonight…just lucky.
Happy Halloween!
by amanda.b.
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