In Memoriam

Today is the 1 year anniversary of the death of my Grandmother. Janney Allene (Shelby) McDonald.

She was born a poor farmer's daughter.

She had an 8th grade education.

She became a wife and mother way too young.

She was a hard worker and pioneer for equal pay for equal work. In her eye's there was no such thing as "women's work". She took a man's job, and did it better than any man ever could.

All this while raising a family of 4.

She had her own demons, and fought them daily.

She was thin as a rail and tough as nails.

If she didn't offer you a "baloney samwhich" she didn't want you to be there in the first place.

She was most beautiful when she was laughing. I love the way her eyes squinted up.

She didn't get pushed around, and she didn't like it if WE got pushed around. (I won't go into the time she staged a fight between me and a girl who knocked me down)

ALL of us have lived with her at one time or another. Even when she was done raising kids, she was still raising the rest of us.

She liked to putter. Whether in the house, or the yard. Always doing something. Even if it was just ironing her dark jeans.

She didn't always love us the way we wanted to be loved, but she loved us with all her heart.

She never gave up wanting the very best for us all.

Thanks Grandma. God bless you. We miss you. We love you too......