Great Grandparents

In May 2009 Belle and Moya's Great Grandmother Dorothy had a stroke. It was a bad one and we all thought she would not live out the rest of that month.

Gaga flew out to see her at the time but we couldn't right away. Thankfully Great Grandma improved some and so we came out to see her now. It was a good and very sad visit. Great Grandma was not able to move much at all and could barely talk, although she could enough for her to say she loved us. It was hard to see someone and say goodbye to her knowing we would not see her again. But it was so wonderful to see Moya sitting there with her. Moya didn't seem to mind Great Grandma's immobility. She would sit by her and pat her face and smile and chatter.

Moya also really loved seeing her Great Grandpa Ralph who she also would just pat his face and smile and smile! She also loved Grandpa's motorized chair. She would sit in his lap and reach for the controls and get very grumpy with Great Grandpa when he'd try and keep her from it. :)

I love my Grandparents and I know Moya won't remember them. But I hope they getting to see her even if only this one time filled them with joy. Great Grandma we could tell was ready to die but she was waiting to see us, to see Belle and meet Moya. She passed away almost exactly 2 weeks after our visit. I will miss her and will show Moya the pictures and videos of her visiting them and tell her about her Great Grandparents.