Grandmother's Letters

I thought I would share about my beloved grandmother today.  I was blessed to live by both of my grandmothers while growing up - Grandma Williams and Grandma Gibbs.  Grandma Williams lived about 2 miles from us, while Grandma Gibbs lived about 7 miles away. Grandma Williams was an extra-special grandma.  Here is a picture of us when I was about four (and also a very messy tomboy!).  

She would travel on the train back East for 6-13 weeks at a time each year to visit her family, while we all stayed back in California.  While there, she would always write to me.  Each letter had the day that she wrote it at the top right hand corner and usually after she closed, she would mention everything they had for dinner.  One time she wrote me a "pretend" letter  - acting like we were all rich and were going to the governor's house for a ball, etc.  I loved getting these letters in the mail!  She would always close with "XOXO plus a million".  Here is a close up of one (I know it's not a very good picture but you get the idea).

Last year, I framed them in floating frames and hung them over a cabinet in my dining room (top picture - Fletcher, our cat, is dashing away from the camera!).  

I remember one Christmas we were getting all of the Christmas decorations out and we couldn't find our stockings anywhere!  I called my Grandma and told her they were lost.  The next time I saw her (which was probably a couple days later), she had sewn and embroidered four new stockings for us kids.  I still use that stocking to this day!  She has been gone for 34 years now but I have very sweet memories of her!