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Lilly’s FEELS
Grandma Cooley
I was looking through some old papers I found from my old trunk. Many fond memories of when I was young. Notes from my High-school best friend Patti. Pictures of classmates who have passed away . Old drawings my dad had saved. Some of my dad's things from his Land survey days. The best treasure in this pile of memories was a letter written to me from my Grandma Cooley when I went to my sisters for a few weeks during the summer.
I think growing up, my Grandma Cooley was my best friend. Momma and Daddy worked long hours. Grandma just lived across the yard from us. I spent much of my time with her and my Aunt Hope who lived with her. So many good memories. She was an amazing woman. Very loving and evey thing you associate with the word Grandmother she was just that. Her beautiful white hair and fair skin and rosie cheeks. Her laugh and smile would brighten any gloomy day. She baked the best bread. Her Molasses bread was amazing! I actually found that recipe in my Irish cookbook along with some other foods she used to make.. Her hot cocoa was amazing. She introduced me to Sassafras tea. Said "it cures what ails ya". She would buy rocks from me that I had found that I thought was very useful for doorstops and such. One time my dad had brought home some walkie talkies from work. I showed Grandma how to use it and I would go outside and talk to her her handle was Granny Grunt. I can't remember mine but she had a good time with it ,or at least she acted Iike she did. She worked in our garden until she physically couldn't any more. So much I could tell you about her but it would be to much for a blog.
My fondest memory was our tea parties . She had this little China tea set and we would fix our tea and she would sit in her chair and I on the floor beside her and she would tell me of when she was growing up and about her siblings. I wish i would have written it all down, but when you are 7 or 8 years old you don't think about things like that. I learned a few years ago about that tea set from my cousin. Her mother had asked Grandma if she would like her to get this little tea set she had found and she said yes so she and I could have tea parties. She made sure before she pasted away that I got that tea set. I cherish it as I do many other memories of her.
I know she is still around me. Watching over me. She sends me signs. My Grandma Cooley will forever be in my heart and thought of in my fondest memories of my childhood.
When she wrote this letter she was legally blind. Her eyesight was fading. . In this letter she speaks of her cousin Ruth. Another woman I loved dearly ,but maybe more about her in another blog let me know if you would like to hear about her
Feelings Out Loud 