my grandma copeland is starting to forget things....but she's 90. when i reminisce about her, i inevitably think of fishing with her and grandpa in the bass boat. i remember my grandma yelling at my grandpa for only putting beer in the cooler. i remember how thickly she sliced the bolognie (no wonder i am a vegetarian now!). i remember snow white bread bolognie sandwiches and eating them with fishy smelling hands. i remember the smell of grandpa's pipe and the smell of grandma's avon perfume. a day in particular that i treasure is a fishing trip the three of us took to jackson reservoir. grandpa was in a grumpy mood and grandma and I kept getting our lines snagged and tangled. when he was ready to fish somewhere else, he'd just turn the motor on and go - even though our lines were stuck! then he'd get so mad at us because he'd have to stop and wait for us to get untangled. before long, the same thing would happen and grandma would start laughing but try to laugh silently - then i'd get tickled and we both couldn't stop. grandpa caught a bunch of crappie that day but grandma and me just had sore bellies from laughing so hard.
when grandpa died 20 years ago - her heart was broken. he was her soul mate - her fishing ad scrabble partner, her best friend. and then when her first born son died three years ago (my dad) - i thought the sorrow would kill her. and when she got bit my a copperhead two years ago - the doctors never dreamed she would survive the poison. but she survived it all. she's 4'10'' and strong as an ox. she's so intelligent and witty.
it makes me sad that her mind is starting to fail her.
i love her very much.
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this is an amazing photo, of both of you. i'm sure that vi's life has been as enriched by you as your life has been enriched by her.
you mentioned avon perfume. scent is so powerful and evokes such strong emotions. shortly before she died, my grandmother bought me a jar of estee lauder body cream, because that's what she used and i told her once that she always smelled wonderful.
i keep the jar of body cream in my nightstand to this day (16 years later). it has never been used, but i do take off the lid every now and then when i am missing her...and there she is. i can still smell her. she gave me an amazing gift.
i do too.
for some odd reason, i remember the pipe smell, and that's all i remember about grandpa. except for how large he looked on that chair he always sat in. but that could have been because i was so small.
grandma is an amazing woman. i love her hugs the most. last year she gave me the ugliest rudolph clock for christmas. i will never get rid of that thing.
I can see your photos again! I'm so happy I fixed my computer problems! This photo is beautiful Jaki. Taryn adores your grandma Copeland as well. She thinks the world of her. Every time she goes with Lynn and Joanie to visit she comes home talking up a storm about her. :)
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