Today my mom and I went to the grave yard to plant daffodils on my grantparents grave. This is a tiny country grave yard that is so private. It is near our house and there are no restrictions about planting flowers, I hope! LOL!! I know this may seem weird to you but there is a story. When I was a little girl my papaw would ALWAYS take me out in the field beside his house to pick the daffodils. It was like "our tradition." SO~~~ this year we took the daffodils to papaw. I know this would have made him so happy. We thought that we would go on a Sunday afternoon so no one would be around. WRONG! It must have been decoration or something. While we were there I saw more people come and go in that afternoon than in the whole 3 years he has been gone! Figures. As I was digging I told mom that NORMAL people bring artificial flowers and she just laughed. We had so much fun thinking about how papaw would have loved seeing us out there bringing a "piece of the farm" to him. My Mom really wanted to do this she said one day when we are all dead and gone there will still be flowers on their grave every spring. That is soooo like my mom. Thinking of the simple things in life. I love that about her.
We do not have the head stone placed on mamaw's grave yet. We planted the daffodils at the foot of her grave. Mom thought that we could get tulips out of her yard and plant them at the head of her grave.
Oh how I miss him!!!! He was such a strong influence in my life. Living on the family farm does not hurt so much anymore. I thought when he died I would not be able to continue living here. My heart ached! I would keep my blinds closed so it was easier. Now.....three years later.....it is easier. I know I am where he would want me to be. I especially enjoy yard work in the summer because I know if he was alive he would be in his garage. It is a peace now to live and walk on the land that my family has lived and worked on for generations. Johnathan has a t-shirt that he wears that says LONG LIVE THE FAMILY FARM!!! Every time I see him in it I smile and think how smart he is to only be seventeen! Oh, and how his papaw Mel would've been soooooooooo proud of him!
We do not have the head stone placed on mamaw's grave yet. We planted the daffodils at the foot of her grave. Mom thought that we could get tulips out of her yard and plant them at the head of her grave.
Oh how I miss him!!!! He was such a strong influence in my life. Living on the family farm does not hurt so much anymore. I thought when he died I would not be able to continue living here. My heart ached! I would keep my blinds closed so it was easier. Now.....three years later.....it is easier. I know I am where he would want me to be. I especially enjoy yard work in the summer because I know if he was alive he would be in his garage. It is a peace now to live and walk on the land that my family has lived and worked on for generations. Johnathan has a t-shirt that he wears that says LONG LIVE THE FAMILY FARM!!! Every time I see him in it I smile and think how smart he is to only be seventeen! Oh, and how his papaw Mel would've been soooooooooo proud of him!
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