David’s grandmother passed away on Friday in New Mexico. In the midst of our sadness, we’re focusing on cherishing our memories of her and celebrating her long life.
She was a classy, creative, kind, smart, funny, amazing woman.
With her children:
With David, her first grandchild in 1980:
At our wedding in 2005:
In 2008, meeting her great-granddaughter for the first time:
A year later, in 2009:
Giving Great-Grandma kisses:
Celebrating her 80th birthday:
We shall treasure these photos. Miss you, Grandma.
I am so sorry to hear of your loss. Grandmas are very special people. May her memory be a blessing to you and your family.
Knowing Miss Leyba’s love of crafts, I just wanted to share that Shayna and I just finished making a “GG” book with pictures of her great-grandma. She was able to glue the pictures on all the pages, and then she decorated the outside with tissue paper and glue and of course glitter glue! She walks around with her “GG Book” with lots of pride now. Its a great way to help the little ones remember.
How wonderful to have had a grandma still with you when Miss Leyba was born! The photos are beautiful. We send our love and condolences, remembering our own grandparents and celebrating all that they brought to our lives.
Thank you, both!
Lisa: I love the idea of a great-grandma book! Right now I am making two books about her friends and family for her birthday. I need to do one about the great-grandma’s too! Thanks for the idea!
Alexis: Miss Leyba has two more great-grandmother’s who are still alive! A remarkable world we live in.
what a lovely remembrance :) please tell david i’m thinking about him. how lovely for miss leyba to have had her in her life!!
So sorry for your loss. All of you are in my thoughts.
Funny how you can see the family resemblances more when you put pictures next to each other — in the third picture Grandma looks so much like your mother-in-law and David looks like Miss Leyba (or is it the other way around?).
*hugs*
So sorry for your loss! These photographs are so moving. I am so glad you have these wonderful memories of her!