lilith's dreams

12:07, Friday, June 16, 2006 .. 1 comments .. Link

i've been missing my grandmother lately.

she'll have been gone three years next month, but i'm inspired by her every day.
my grandparents lived a pretty self sufficient lifestyle. grandpa worked in the automotive industry, but they raised chickens, had a huge garden and various apple, cherry and plum trees.. i learned to put food by with my grandmother and the other women in our family. she was magical with plants. she could be in the grocery store and pick up an african violet leaf off the floor...the one that had fallen from a plant in the 'floral department' and had been run over by about a dozen grocery carts. she'd put it in her coat pocket, and when she remembered it, several days later, stick it in a pot of soil and cover it with plastic wrap. in six months it would be a huge, flower covered plant. now, while i'm not THAT good, i like to think she left her green thumb to me when she passed on.

my sister and her family live in my grandparent's house. i'm glad that someone in the family was able to buy it so that it didn't get sold to strangers. but i dreamed, recently, that they were selling it. and i woke up crying. and needing to get my hands into the dirt. needing tomato plants. tomato plants remind me of my grandma. (as do johnny jump ups, snapdragons and four o'clocks). that night richard came home from work with a tomato plant. a customer had given a six pack of them to one of the waitresses, and she only wanted three. so she'd given the other three to the head chef. he'd only wanted two, so he gave the last one to richard, thinking that i might like to have it. it's now living in a 5 gallon bucket next to our porch. i've no idea what variety it is, but i'll be thrilled if it just produces some tomatoes. lol
it's beautiful. it's a connection to the earth, to the seasons, and to my grandma.

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Grandmothers

02:58, Sunday, July 2, 2006 .. Posted by simplegirl
I had quite a connection with my grandmother as well. She passed away, I guess it's been about 8 years now. I am reminded of her when I am sad, she lead a hard life and was sad a good part of the time but when it came to us kids she always put on her happy face and made us feel like the most important thing in the world at that moment. I realize that, even though I think I may have it rough, grandma's life was far harder than mine and if she could put a smile on her face for the benefit of others so can I. Thanks for sharing about your grandma, they are my favorite people in the world.

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