Day 25 of the photo challenge is a picture of someone that you miss. My picture is of my grandma Pat.
She is the mother of my Dad's ex-wife, so we're not technically related, but they were married for my first ~10 years of life, so they have always felt like family to me. Even after the divorce.
My grandma passed away in July of 2009, right before I graduated college so it was a tough time of the year for me. I will never forget the woman that she was though. She was warm, loving, generous, an AMAZING cook, and very welcoming. My older brother and I weren't related to her by blood, but she still treated us as if we were her own. She taught us life lessons, how to garden, made me a clothes when I was younger, drove us everywhere. She had such a serving heart, and everyone loved her.
The week before she passed away, most of us came together and spent the week in the hospital with her. My older brother even drove in from Illinois with his three little boys to spend that week with her. It was a great week, just to be able to spend time with family, surrounding the one woman who taught us the true meaning of family.
Family isn't just those you're related to by blood, or those who you see at the dinner table every night. Family are those who make you feel like yourself when you're with them; those who have seen you cry your eyes out and hug you until you feel better; those who see the worst in you and still love you. You're family can be whoever you want them to be because your heart is never limited.
IT IS NOT FLESH AND BLOOD BUT THE HEART WHICH MAKES US FATHERS AND SONS.
~johann schiller
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