Growing up, my sweet Grandma would leave a package a Peeps out for me with the bag slightly open so they would be perfectly stale and delicious. She laughed until she had tears in her eyes each year as I delighted in my Peeps. Grandma also made her famous Easter bunny cake - white with coconut for fur, jelly beans for the face and pipecleaners for the whiskers. She'd make one for us, one for the nuns and usually one or fifty for families she helped out. Grandma was also famous for her Easter egg bread. I'd love to tell you more about it, but all I can remember is the picture of her in paper with her famous bread and how proud she was of it. Proud in a nice Catholic girl way, of course.
This was our first year without Grandma. As much as I miss her laugh, I can only imagine her joy celebrating with her Savior. Her favorite song was "How Great Thou Art". If you haven't heard the Carrie Underwood/Vince Gill rendition...do so now on YouTube. This year, when I heard it, the following words pierced my heart. It were as if Grandma wrote the words herself...
When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then I shall bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim: "My God, how great Thou art!"
Grandma, I know you are watching us all. I hope you are proud. And I hope you will have some stale Peeps waiting for me one day. Until then, I'm loving my life, my family and giving thanks to God that you were mine for awhile.
Hope y'all had a happy Easter.
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