Great-Grandma

We try and visit the farm as often as we can because we want you and Lucy to know, to remember, to feel the love that exists there. Great-grandma Judy's love is so special and permeates every inch of the farm. Her love for the asparagus and rubarb and swings and porches. For traditions and pictures and stories. For AMC movies and pie or cake. And coffee. For beautiful dishes and fancy roast dinners. For card games any time of day and even late into the night. For cooking together and doing dishes the old fashioned way. For fresh laundry hanging on the line. For a love so deep and rich we yearn for it the moment we drive away.

How incredible a life and yet how simple. There is always work and chores to be done but nothing so pressing that we can't take our time and enjoy the pace of a place so peaceful and fullfilling. You, Nora have known great-grandma since you were two weeks old and she came to welcome you into this world. But for Lucy, she was 10 months when she first was able to know the love great-grandma has to give. So while you ran around at the farm comfortable in a love you have known for three years, Lucy was taking her time, allowing great-grandma to hold and comfort her. Making up for 10 months of missed time.

Sometimes when life here becomes so overwhelmingly hectic and we are all on edge, I like to look at pictures of the farm to remind me of the calm and beauty that thrives there.