Grandma Wright

Last night, February 9, 2008, Grandma Wright (my mom's mother) passed away just before 8 pm. This is a four generation picture taken with her on September 12, 2007. The last time we saw her was during Christmas break and we will never forget that visit. We brought McKay in to see her and she happened to be eating when we arrived. She demanded that we go to the other room where she could "hold that baby". While she was holding McKay, he was having the time of his life, bouncing up and down on her lap. Grandma thought that was the funniest thing she had seen in a long time. She was laughing out loud as I have not seen her do in a long time. When it was time to leave so Maria could feed McKay she replied that, "we have all seen a woman nurse and you can sit right there and feed him." So we told her that McKay eats cereal as well and we needed to go home to feed him. To this she politely suggested that we keep a box of baby food in our trunk and rotate frequently to keep it fresh. Needless to say, her persistence conquered and we ended up staying an extra half hour until McKay could not last any longer. Looking back at that day, we are sure glad we stayed with her as long as we could.

Grandma Wright has always been special to me. I have grown particularly close to her through my life. I have great memories of her babysitting me as a young boy and fixing me hot dogs or Ramen Noodles for lunch. In later years I spent a lot of time with her at her house mowing the lawn weekly and doing other jobs for her. After the jobs were complete, Grandma would always insist that I come in and have a sandwich, root beer, and a castco. She would sit in her rocking chair in the kitchen and we would talk while I ate. Grandma has always been there to support me in all my church and school activities and has always expressed genuine interest in my life.

Because of a BYU trip that I am committed to go on, I will not be able to attend her funeral so last night I decided to get in the car and drive up and see her one more time after hearing the news that she was not doing well. Unfortunately, I did not make it in time; she passed away shortly before I got there. I still took the opportunity to say my goodbyes to her. She looked so peaceful and relaxed and although she will be greatly missed by myself and many others, we are also happy for her to finally feel relief and to be back with Grandpa.

I know I speak for all of my family when I say that we love our grandma, we will truly miss her, and we are so happy for her.

P.S. I now have mad bogging skills, Maria taught me how to create my first post. Jordan