Granny & Grumpy's Grand Central: My shout out to Nana

Thursday, May 22, 2008

My shout out to Nana

I wasn't back on the computer for mother's day, and although Mom Harmon's tribute made it in time, I did not get Nana's tribute done and posted. Papa and I went to put new flowers in her vase and so am sharing that pic along with one of her more recent ones. She was such an amazing person, I find myself wishing it had been possible to know her when she was growing up. Some of Nana's most memorable qualities to me were…

her incredible talents, so many and varied
her beauty, both inside and out
her love of everything kitchen (oh my, am I seeing that first hand at this point, LOL)
her penchant that everything be “right”, lots of integrity there
her absolute, unconditional love for her sweetheart
her absolute, unconditional love for her children
the way you could be in so much trouble for spilling your milk, but not so much if you wrecked the car
when she catered, her desire to make things perfect for the bride and groom (and their families)
getting that wonderful boufont (?) hairdo every week - she really liked her hair a certain way.
that core of soft sweetness that she guarded so well, but you could see so easily.

2 comments:

Taya said...: I miss Nana and I still can be immediately struck by tears reading these sweet posts about her, but I love them still. I think that she is very happy seeing all of the fun stuff going on for Papa and the house. She was always about a "project" and I bet she just eats those "little stairs" in the basement up!!! And, she's gotta love the new paint job, etc.!!! All you, Grumpys, and Papas hard work is being appreciated from above I am SURE!!!!; Fri May 23, 06:11:00 AM
Anonymous said...: I second that motion! Even the immediately struck by tears part. I don't think we will ever not miss her terribly! But how wonderful it will be to see her again someday.; Fri May 23, 08:39:00 AM

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For all our Cooks…

I created a site for us to post Nana's recipes, and our own recipes, complete with pics as we make them. I hope it will be fun to share all the things we do everyday in our kitchens. All of us have our favorites, things that challenge us and the special things we do for holidays etc. I hope you will all feel welcome to contribute and reap the benefits of all of us cooks. I hope it will be a way of sharing our stuff and keep Nana's kitchen legacy going. Just look under Sites I like in this side panel and click on the link The Cooks in Nana's Nook. Add it to your link list if you wish. I hope we will all have a good time with this. I love you all and look forward to sharing this as a family.