June 8th was Gramma's 85th birthday.
For those of us who know and love her, we feel infinitely grateful to have her in our lives.
To honor this incredible lady, I put together 85 reasons why I love her.
She’s had the same hairstyle for 65 years
She really loves tuna salad
I know that she would get me out of jail
She drinks whiskey
She makes a great hotel roommate; she always stays quiet
until I want to wake up
She was the First Lady of Littleton
She always waits until drunk Katie leaves to laugh at her
She always reassures me that someone is out there for me
Sometimes at night she runs the red light on Mississippi and
Colorado
One time her husband accidentally shot a moose and she helped
him cover it up
She can get any stain out
She always waits downstairs for me to drive up when I’m
coming over
She has a 6th sense on betting on horses
She is a great host
She allows us to ask her dumb and obvious questions about
golf
She knows every employee at “her Kings”
She has at least one picture of every member of the family
up in her house
She’s visited me at every school I’ve attended (elementary,
middle, high, college, study abroad in England)
She comes to everything we invite her to
She tolerates our dogs
She would never trust her important mail to her apartment
mailbox
She is a great shopping companion
She yells “SUSAN!” when my mom gets out of line
She is a safe and competent driver
She cried laughing at the idea of Katie having twins
Her church has a donkey on Palm Sunday
Everyone at the post office knows her
She loved showing off her snow village to my dog
Takes on leadership positions (VP of her condo board, deacon
at church and organizer of high school reunions)
She has great style and loves colorful clothes
She has heels that she only wears on special occasions
She doesn’t need a cell phone. Or voicemail.
She still recognizes my voice over the phone
When the whole family is fighting at the dinner table, she
pretends she doesn’t notice
She switches between her glasses and sunglasses without ever
misplacing either pair
She always has a spare Kleenex or chapstick
She loves candy too
She tells me that sometimes when a pillow is hard, it’s as
hard as “two rocks”
She always tells me that I look good in shoes
If she doesn’t like what I’m wearing, she will say “I just
don’t like that too well”
She rocks a robe like none other
She is always down for an action movie
She is never late
She loves her kids
She brags about her grandkids and great-grandkids to anyone
who’ll listen
She never draws attention to herself
She always provides her own drinks
She makes awesome potatoes and coffee cake
As a child, she always let me choose between the hard and
soft pillows when I stayed over
She uses hats as decorative art
She answers my NCIS questions for me
She was a loyal wife
She likes some foods, but they don’t like her back (cantaloupe,
onions)
She calls me baby doll
She loves my dad a lot
She gossips
She has worked so many different jobs
She taught me how to pack using tissue paper layers
She follows sports more closely than anyone I know
She lets me look through all her old pictures
She has started giving away all her possessions
She understands the necessity of wearing clear nail polish
all the time
She’s travelled the world
She is so supportive of everyone’s interests
She still keeps in touch with her high school friends
She is financially responsible
She loves Colorado as much as I do
She shows me off when I come to her church
She is a staple of Old Littleton
If she doesn’t like the food she’s been served, she doesn’t
say anything
She has helped me get through airport security faster
She is never jealous
She loves gambling
I’ve never heard her say a mean word about her husband
She always remembers everyone’s birthday
She lets Bear and Marley run up and down her hallways
She remembers my friends and asks me about them
She sends me a Hallmark card for every single holiday
One time she threw the car keys into the mailbox
She always has a reason to call and gets right to it
Through her eyes, I’ve come to see Denver through the
decades
She is a celebrity in Lenola, Italy
She is always willing to share a pop with me
She attends everyone’s performances, concerts, presentations,
slide shows, lectures and events with a smile on her face and nothing but kind
words. She is the definition of a loving
and supportive grandmother.
