A picture of someone you miss.
Alright, this is a picture of my Mema and me (gotta love the 80's pouf, right? - too bad I wasn't old enough to appreciate or incorporate the unique styles!). I think I'm about 4-6 years old.
I can't be so hypocritical to say that I miss her in the sense of "spending time together" because as I got older that time became less and less frequent. But she did pass away before she got to experience some amazing things:
1) My marriage
2) My cousin Judith's marriage; my cousin Billy's marriage
3) The birth of her first great-grandchild
4) The birth of her second and third great-grandchildren
5) Her youngest grandchildren graduating from high school
6) The election of President Obama (everyone keep your comments to yourselves)
I personally believe that just because a person has left this earth, it doesn't mean that they are "gone." So I know that she has been here to witness these events. But to have her physically here would still have been awesome.
To further pay homage to Mema, I would like to inform you all of some of the great things she did in this life...she began the mid-west chapter to help heal adult literacy; she and my grandpa began a Methodist church in Hawaii; she was a teacher; she was an airplane mechanic in WWII. Pretty amazing lady.
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Well this concludes the "30 days of Jessica." I hope that this has been somewhat insightful and entertaining. If not, I'm sorry I wasted your time and mine. If so, stick around...who knows, I might be able to continue on some kind of sporadic basis. =o)
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