My Grandma, Luella Johnston

My beloved Grandma passed away on February 9th, after a short fight with pancreatic cancer.  Her memorial service was this past weekend, on February 26th, but I couldn't make it because I'm too pregnant to travel.  She was the most loving and caring person in the entire world, and I can't imagine what my life will be like without her in it.  She was extremely trusting in her faith and I believe that she is with our Lord in heaven now.  I also believe that I will see her there one day.

I have several fond memories of her.  My Grandma was an amazing cook, we loved talking about recipes and baking.  Her pies were legendary!  She recently sent me her recipe for almond roca, it looks pretty challenging so I only hope I can make it as good as she did.  It used to make me laugh how she would refuse to wear a hearing aid, even though her hearing was definitely not as good as it once was.  It cracked me up when my mom told me that my Grandma would put the phone on speaker and then hold it up to her ear.  I also loved how when she didn't know what to say, instead of saying something mean she would simple say "ooooooh" in a laughing voice. 

I know that one of her strongest desires was to live to see our son and it breaks my heart that she wasn't able to do that, but I also know that she can watch over him every day from heaven.  I hope I called her often enough when she was alive.  I hope she knew how much I loved and cherished her.  But above all I hope she knew that she was the best Grandma that God ever created.