LifeAfterDisability

  Grandma Jodie. That was the name of one of my Grandma. Two women who made a huge impact on my life. I haven’t had a valentine for a long time. But, I could always count on getting a Valentine card in the mail from my Grandma. I didn’t receive one this year, and I never will again. Grandma passed this past December after living 92 years on this earth. 92 years, that’s a long time! There are parts of my grandma’s life that I will never know about.   Grandma was definitely the Matriarch of our family. She had all the control. I think the hardest thing for her about growing old was watching her control slip away. Jodie was the last  of our immediate family left in Wichita. Kansas, the place of my birth as well as the birthplace of my mother, Kimberly. In many ways Grandma's funeral was like closing a door on Kansas. Grandma Jodie was a proper midwestern woman. Always dressed perfectly with coordinating jewelry. Strong willed and opinionated. Grandma always valued family, religion a