My Granny's 88'th birthday was yesturday!! We had a small family reunion
in her honor and had a wonderful time.

Recently I posted the following on the GirlTalk blog. I thought it would be
appropriate to "repost" this on my blog in honor of her.

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I want to honor my granny for demonstrating biblical womanhood throughout
her life in the way she served her husband and her family including my Dad!
I also want to honor her for her constant joy in the midst of many trials.

She is an EXCELLENT cook!! I can remember countless meals that she
created for our family. We looked like a Norman Rockwell painting as we
sat around her table, eating fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy,
peanut beans, and homemade apple pie. Spending the night at Granny's
farm, meant waking up to fried eggs, sausage, bacon, and biscuits. She
would cook a meal for seven, and then clean up after us and she never
had a dishwasher!She would do this joyfully!! I have never heard Granny
complain about any household chore.

Now, Granny is almost 88 years old. In her life she has endured many
trials including the loss of her Mom, Dad, brother, sister, and husband.
At 88, she constantly battles many health problems and yet, when I
commend her for her joy she says something like "I have had a very easy
life, wouldn't it be sad if I wasn't joyful?" Granny lost her husband
nineteen years ago. Two years ago, she got a cold which turned into
double pneumonia.
We weren't sure she was going to get better. I remember Mom and Dad
taking my little brother and I to the hospital and trying to explain
that "Granny looks very bad". But God had mercy on her! She recovered
and seemed to be doing better than ever.

Last year, while my family and I were on vacation, she fell and broke
her hip. She was rushed to the ER and had to have hip replacement
surgery. The doctors could not believe how well the surgery went. God
loves Granny! Thank the Lord for allowing her to be able to walk again!

During her time in the hospital she never complained about how much pain
she was in. Every time we went to see her she would thank us for coming
and tell us how kind we were to visit her! Granny seems to be losing
her mobility. She has aches and pains she didn't have before and her
memory continues to fade. But she often remarks about how other people
are doing and recognizes how well she is doing in comparison.

She is an example to me, my mom, and my sister-in-law. We all hope that
one day we can be just like her. My Granny will be a great-grandma in
August and I can't wait to see her example passed on to little Laurel
Anne. I am thankful for my granny and hope to some day I can follow her
example of biblical womanhood.