Grandma Waters

Last saturday my sisters and I took my Grandma Waters to lunch at PF Changs and the play Guys and Dolls. It was a lot of fun. I miss my Grandma. I don't get to see her enough living down here in Lehi. Anyway, the play was adorable because it was children's theatre. There was this one little kid who did an AMAZING New York accent that had us all giggling the whole time.

I want to tell you about my Grandma Waters for just a minute. What an incredible lady. Her entire life has been a shining example of Elder Wirthlin's talk, "Come What May, And Love it." She has seen more than her fair share of grief, scarcity, and difficulty in her life. But if you ask her, her life has been nothing but blessed. She has a good attitude about everything and she knows how to get things done. She may have seemed bossy with her, "Now you get yourself back here and give me a love." But nobody ever had a problem being "bossed" by grandma. We knew there was nothing but love for us behind every word and thought.

Back when she had a million grandkids running around distroying her house she was the epitome of patience. If we ever broke something at Grandma's our saving grace would be if Grandma found out before our parents. To this day, her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren can do no wrong in her eyes. Even when we mess up she has this way of looking at us through the eyes of the Savior. Its kind of a wierd balance between understanding, compassion, high expectations, patience, and unconditional love. Its what makes her a safe place to go for anything that ails you.

Sometimes she wonders aloud why her kids and grandkids are such good, moral people. I always tell her its her fault but she doesn't believe me. But in reality we all know that it is almost impossible to permanantly give way to temptation and lies when you have such a strong force of love in your life. This makes me want to go and soak her up as much as possible in the years to come. If all her daughters and granddaughters can be even a portion of what she taught us, we have a lot of love and strength to offer the world. And it all stems from our sweet Grandma.

Grandma, you have been one of the major constants in my life. I will never be able to adaquately thank you for all that you do and all that you are. Happy Birthday Grandma!!