Throughout my childhood I visited my grandma & grandad about three times a week, stayed with them often at weekends and spent much of the school holidays there. It was my second home and I felt so happy and relaxed when I was there. During these times, I remember Gram said to me, ‘When you’re older you won’t want to visit me anymore’. I promised her that I would, and to be honest it was an easy promise to keep as I genuinely loved her company.
She was the ultimate host and the most wonderful cook making roast dinners, homemade chips and endless cakes. She let us try on her clothes, make dens in the living room and play hide and seek in her wardrobes. I loved listening to stories about the war and how she first met my grandad. I could sit there chatting to her for hours and often did. She gave me and my sisters £2 a week pocket money well into adulthood, despite us saying we were way too old, and she only had to overhear us talking about something we wanted for her to go and get it for us! Amongst any other chaos in life, being around her made me feel calm and safe. Family was everything to her and everyone was welcome from friends, to extended family to random cats and hedgehogs in the neighbourhood! I have never come across another person as generous, kind and loving as she was.
My Gram was my favourite person and my biggest supporter. I genuinely could not say a single bad word about her! I can’t quite believe I’ll never see her again but I feel truly lucky to have had her for so long.
Throughout my childhood I visited my grandma & grandad about three times a week, stayed with them often at weekends and spent much of the school holidays there. It was my second home and I felt so happy and relaxed when I was there. During these times, I remember Gram said to me, ‘When you’re older you won’t want to visit me anymore’. I promised her that I would, and to be honest it was an easy promise to keep as I genuinely loved her company.
She was the ultimate host and the most wonderful cook making roast dinners, homemade chips and endless cakes. She let us try on her clothes, make dens in the living room and play hide and seek in her wardrobes. I loved listening to stories about the war and how she first met my grandad. I could sit there chatting to her for hours and often did. She gave me and my sisters £2 a week pocket money well into adulthood, despite us saying we were way too old, and she only had to overhear us talking about something we wanted for her to go and get it for us! Amongst any other chaos in life, being around her made me feel calm and safe. Family was everything to her and everyone was welcome from friends, to extended family to random cats and hedgehogs in the neighbourhood! I have never come across another person as generous, kind and loving as she was.
My Gram was my favourite person and my biggest supporter. I genuinely could not say a single bad word about her! I can’t quite believe I’ll never see her again but I feel truly lucky to have had her for so long.
