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There and Back Again...
A Brief Tribute to Gran...
So thankful to spend these last couple days in Texas with family, celebrating Gran's rich life and legacy. What an amazing woman. In her life, she played many roles, all with such skill and dignity: strong woman of God, loving wife, nurturing mother, caring grandmother, doting great-grandmother, sweet friend, encouraging mentor, patient tutor, care-giving nurse, self-sacrificing volunteer, and many more.
Gran was an incredible woman whom I greatly admire and hope to emulate in many ways. She exemplified the godly woman described in Proverbs 31. The woman described in this passage does good to her husband and household, faithfully provides clothing and food for them, is strong and dignified, makes important decisions wisely, works hard and earns income for her family, has compassion on the poor and needy, and teaches wisdom and kindness. Her family rises up after her and praises her, saying exactly what our family would say about Gran: many women have done excellently, but she surpassed them all!
How blessed I am not only to have seen a blueprint of this godly woman in real life, but to have had her as my own grandmother. And how blessed I am to know I will see her in Heaven one day.
If you would like to read a bit more about Gran's life, her obituary can be found here.