My Granma, My Best Friend

Grandma,
I don't tell you this enough, I love you. Throughout my childhood leading up to my adulthood you have set an example and I have looked up to you. I hope that one day I will have the same passion for God as you do. Just thinking of everything we have gone through brings tears and yet a little chuckle to my heart. Thankyou for being my Grandma who watched out for me and inspired me and thankyou for being my friend who laughed, cried and talked when it was needed. I love you.

Granma Garard is special to everyone who has met her. I know this because I have been told this by family and friends. Even my deaf friends who have met her, ask me when they email, "How is Grandma?" Even people who have never met her and have only listened to the stories I have told about my Grandma.
I had the privilage of "taking care'' of Granma during her chemo therapy when she first had to go through it. It was hard to see her struggle. This was a Granma who stood on her own two feet and ran a bed and breakfast. Nothing stopped this Granma. After chemo we would go back to the house and sleep or eat something if she could. We read our Bibles everyday and I would give Granma a lesson from various spiritual books I had brought. We had a "theme" for our time together as we prayed and read God's word. "Never fear an unknown future in the hands of a known God". I do believe this quote came from Corrie Ten Boom.
It was during this time when Granma and I grew together as friends. I learned so much from her by watching her and by listening to her. She is a beautiful person inside and out. I have also learned so much spiritually from her. Here she was going through cancer and chemo but always kept her eyes and her heart on the things of the Lord. My Grandma Garard has touched my heart and my life. I have gone to her several times asking for spiritual advice and what a joy to know that I can do that. Not only is she my Grandma but she is my best friend.