Today is my grandma's 93rd birthday. 93 - incredible. I had to pull out a calculator to figure out, if I live that long, what year I'll hit 93...2063. Seems unimaginable. But I'm sure to her living in 2013 seemed pretty unimaginable when she was my age, which was in 1963. I love to think about everything she's seen in her life and how, for the most part, she's doing very well for her years.
The boys and I tried calling her a few times this evening but her line was busy. The boys said, what's busy? In a world of call waiting and other modern features, a busy signal is something they hadn't heard. It cracked them up.
So once we finally got through, I said, hello Mamoo, it's Syd. Happy Birthday - you're pretty popular based on how long it took us to get through.
She said she'd been celebrating the better part of the week with several lunches, coffees, singing at church and dinner out last night. She said today she pretty much stayed in and answered the phone. It all made me very happy. The boys each spoke to her which couldn't have been sweeter, especially Cameron who has a heart bigger than any kid I know and speaks well beyond his years. Like one old soul to another...
This is one of my favorite pictures with Mamoo. It's in the basement of Mamrelund, aka, Mamooland, and I was sitting with my dress draped over the back of the chair. She was downstairs with us and I'm so glad someone snapped this pic. It always makes me smile. She still does this too, she thinks one shouldn't look directly into the camera when someone is taking your picture. Many a picture of Mamoo looking elsewhere.
I'm glad we got to chat and hope we can next April 28th as well. Cheers to Mamoo and her long and wonderful life!
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