What is a Memaw

December 7, 2017: Most people know today as Pearl Harbor Day. In my family, today is known as the day Memaw, Momma, Wife, and our Sister, passed away. I wrote a poem years ago about the dearest person to all of us. Mostly about what she was to me.

WHAT IS A MEMAW?
A Memaw...
     ... is gentle,
     ... is kind,
     ... is beautiful,
     ... teaches you how to plant seeds,
     ... gives advice and help when needed,
     ... puts fresh picked berries lined up uniformly on the edge of a cabinet and then comes back and says, "Where did my berries go?" Knowing full well, where they were,
     ... makes potato bread and slices it fresh out of the oven,
     ... makes forts out of bedsheets and chairs,
     ... gives sink baths when the showers are full,
     ... makes Mickey Mouse pancakes when the grandkids spend the night,
     ... goes to really awesome places like Australia, Bahamas, and as many of the state's as possible, 
     ... makes dried fruit,
     ... makes homemade fruit roll-ups, Apple cider, applesauce, and canned vegetables,
     ... keeps old toys around to play with,
     ... gets on the floor and plays with you,
And most of all....
     ... is love.

We have been 7 years without her, and there is hardly a day that goes by that I don't think about her. We all do. She was the kindest, gentlest, sweetest, thoughtful, and humble woman.

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