by Kim Latham

Created on: May 25, 2009

Today is Memorial Day, a day for reflection of those that are gone, especially our Military. Today my thoughts are on those individuals that have served our Country. However, my thoughts are also on someone very special to me, my Grandma. You see I just buried my Grandma this past March and in my own way I am still grieving for her.

"Me-Me" was a very special person. Not only was she a Mother, but she was a fantastic Grandmother and Great Grandmother. She was a part of my life since the day I was born, giving me the nickname "Princess" as I came into this world. I can remember spending many nights and weekends with her at her very spacious home. When I was there with Me-Me, she would fix the most great tasting food, and making me home made popcorn at night. When I got older, she and I got closer and closer. We talked about many things, she always gave me advice when I needed it and she completely believe in me and my personal goals and dreams.

When I was 15, I had to move in with my Grandma, It was during that first year that I had to grow up faster than I wanted. It was because of a difficult home situation, which is why Grandma's home was the safest place for me to be. During that year, Grandma was the strength behind me. She helped me face my biggest fears and the biggest emotional roller coaster that I had to face so far during that part of my life. While living with my Me-Me our bond got even stronger. She taught me some valuable lessons that I was going to need in life. Me-Me taught me to cook, clean like a professional, do laundry, price comparison while grocery shopping and taught me how to drive. Not only that, she taught me how to sew and to crochet. That was something we loved doing together and sat many nights in front of the television working on Afghans.

Within the past couple of years, my Me-Me's health was declining. I would take days off of work just to take her to her Doctors appointments. During those days, we would go to the appointments, then we would have lunch together and I would take her grocery shopping. I would refer to those days as "Me and Me-Me time".

Back in December of 2008, she got really ill and ended up in the hospital, she hated it there and made me promise not to put her back in that place. As a whole family my Mom, Aunt and Cousins all took turns trying to help her and keep her healthy. We got to spend Christmas together, little did we all know that it would be our last big holiday with her.

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