Have you ever thought about how much has changed in the last 96 years? Just how much has changed in the last 20 years is almost mind-boggling. I had something very special happen 96 years ago that will always shape who I am and who I will be. What all happened in 1915? These are just a few of the things that happened, Kiwanis International founded in Detroit – I am a member and have been for the last 21 years, House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women right to vote – can you believe that one? Alexander Graham Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco – think about that one the next time you use your cell phone, Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., Edward Stone, 1st U.S. combatant to die in WW I, is mortally wounded, Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champs and on April 6 Beatrice Jenkins was born – my grandmother.
Yes, that is the big one for me. Without that one I wouldn't be here today. I wouldn't have had my wonderful family. I wouldn't love food nearly as much as I do and I would never have experienced her quiet strength and love. As I post this she is nearing the end of her wonderful life surrounded by friends and family and we are all looking back with fond memories of her life. I feel so honored to have had such an incredible grandmother for 50 years and for my girls to have had her in their lives. "Bea", "Aunt Bea", "B", "Granny", "Granny Bea", Beatrice or whatever you called her you did it with love. She has always been known as a great cook, and whatever she cooked was wonderful. Biscuits, dressing, greens, peas, homemade catchup, chocolate pies, coconut cakes or anything she put on the table was wonderful. I always thought she would be the one to live forever, and still hope and pray she does. They don't still make them like her.
This is from a session we did with her a little over a year ago, I think I posted it then too. The first ones are of her teaching my girls how to cook their favorite thing – her biscuits.