Remembering Grandma Peggy

Grandma Peggy is Chris' Grandma.

She just recently passed away.

She was 96.

She was deeply devoted to her family,

her entire extended large family.

When you were with her,

YOU were the most important person.

She was the greatest example of charity,

the pure love of Christ.

She taught me by her example

how to be Christlike,

to love everyone.

She was very faithful,

and believed in the power of prayer.

Her life had been hard, with several family tragedies,

but she loved liven',

and taught how us to carry on 

and be happy.

She loved telling family stories.

She had thousands of stories to tell.

She loved to smile,

and always had a twinkle in her eye.

She loved parties.

Especially family parties.

She loved the temple,

and was grateful in her last week of life

to partake of the sacrament.

I feel honored and lucky to have known her.

I'm grateful to be part of her family.

The True Meaning of Christmas

This is Grandma Peggy.

She is a happy person and likes to keep her family together.

She is Chris' (my husband's) grandma on his father's side.

She has an annual, family, Christmas party every year in her home.

She is 92. 

She manages to get her home ready, have some food prepared,

and presents individually bought & wrapped gifts for all her little great grandkids.

Her life has been difficult to say the least.

She has buried 2 husbands.

She has buried 3 adult children, and other infant children, each of a sad circumstance.

She is a convert to the church.
She joined the church in her mid-adult life after she had raised most of her children.

She has a large posterity from all walks of life.

Every Christmas, most of her posterity gathers in her home for Christmas.

No matter your life's circumstances we are all equal for a night in her home.

As I thought about the party this year,

I realized Grandma Peggy teaches me each year the True Meaning of Christmas.

In many ways, I think this is where the Savior himself

would spend some of his time during the Christmas Season.

I'm thankful Grandma Peggy has given me this gift for the season.