Grandma holding Jaynie
My Grandma Cheney passed away early yesterday morning after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Watching her journey down that road was tough, but I will be forever grateful for the small amount of time that we had with her knowing that it was close to the end. Each visit with her seemed to be more special than the last. I will treasure in my heart the recent conversation that I had with her about scripture study and coming to love the scriptures. Personally, I do not know anyone who knows the scriptures better than Grandma did and she truly loved reading them.
My most favorite memory of my grandma, or one of my most favorite memories, was one day not to long before we found out that my grandma was sick. My little family and I were going out to visit Grandma and Grandpa for some reason, I don't remember why. When I told Kiya that we were going to visit Grandma and Grandpa Cheney she jumped up and down and got so excited. Once we got there Kiya and Jaynie asked Grandma if they could go downstairs and pick out some toys, so Grandma went with them and got some toys. Then they all came trekking back upstairs with toys galore, and Grandma sat on the floor and played and played with my girls until we left to go home. I loved watching my kids with my Grandma.
I am going to miss her family news letters, treasure hunts at Easter, her calling me Mandy (I never let anyone else besides Grandma call me that), always having home made wheat bread at her house, hearing her say "Oh, Goodie" anytime she was excited about anything. Grandma I am just plain going to miss you! Thanks for being the best white-hair-grandma you could have possibly been.
My Grandma, My Mom, Me and Kiya
