Happy Birthday, Grandma!

I don't know if my grandma wants her photo on the web, so I won't post one, but let me tell you, she's the most beautiful 95-year-old you have ever seen! She has thick, fine-textured, wavy dark hair (it's gotten darker with age) and twinkly eyes. She's slowing down a bit, but it wasn't that many years ago that she was a regular at the pool for water aerobics. She is constantly learning; she's a computer-savvy grandma who checks her e-mail daily. When the old farmhouse needed electricity to the attic bedrooms, my grandma checked out a book from the library and wired the entire thing herself! She's so quiet and unassuming, but she is known in our family for her strength (physical as well as mental). I hope I can be like her when I grow up! Happy birthday, Grandma!

Thankful thought: Thanks for Grandma, and the example she is to all of us!

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