My Great Grandmother

Today we made a voyage to Sayre, Pennsylvania. Joost, Grace, my parents and my grandmother Bosworth all packed ourselves into the minivan to visit my great grandmother Willson who lives very near the New York state border.
It was quite a trip. Gracie threw up along the way and we made about 20 rest stops (slight exaggeration). It was three and a half hours one way, but well worth it to be able to see my great grandma and my Aunt Janet and Uncle Allen. (Aunt Janet and Grandma Bosworth are sisters, and daughters of Grandma Willson.)

Enough about the trip, though, and more about Grandma Willson.
She is one amazing woman. You won't even believe it when I tell you her age. She is turning 103 next week! And, you'd never know it. She is sharp, healthy, beautiful and a great conversationalist. She was telling me that she is bored at the nursing home because most of the other residents (who, mind you, are in their 80's) are declining in their intellectual abilities and so there's no good companionship or conversation. Ha! What a mind she still has! It's really wonderful to hear her talk about all the memories of her life. She has lived through so much. I was very glad to see her.

The kids enjoyed her, too. This was the first she was able to meet Grace, and Gracie had a ball getting to know her. Joost really enjoyed meeting her again (he didn't remember her very well from the last time he'd seen her) and exploring her interesting 1920 home. We were also able to capture 5 generations in one picture (Great Grandma Willson, Grandma Bosworth, my Dad, me and Joost and Grace)! Not many families are able to have children that know their great great grandparents--but mine do, and I am so thankful for that.

I'm also very thankful for Aunt Janet and Uncle Allen (whom I should have taken a picture of, as well) and their devotion to Grandma Willson and their faithful care over her all these years. (Grandma Willson has other children, but they live further away, so most of the duties have fallen on Aunt Janet because she lives in Sayre.) Aunt Janet has honored her mother well and I am so thankful to her for that. May God bless them and my Great Grandmother as she enters another year of her great life.