Grandma Carter

My Grandma Carter passed away in January. She has been sick for a while but has been doing better. She then got sick again and that was it. It has hard to say goodbye but I know she is in a better place.

When we moved down to escondido i told casey that i wanted to make sure that walker got to meet grandma. this is because walker got his name from her. walker is her maiden name. i wanted to make sure that he had pictures when he grew up with her so i could tell him her story and how he got his name. we were able to see her numerous times. it was great. she said that walker is such a happy boy and that she loves that we decided to name him after her family. i couldn't imagine naming him anything else and i am glad we decided on walker.

Grandma passed away on january 11. casey and i were going to go up on thursday before we went to disneyland to see her and visit with them for a bit. i called that morning to make sure everything was still a go and i couldn't get ahold of them. i then called my mom and she said that grandma was in the hospital again so it probably wouldn't be a good day to visit. my mom then got the feeling that she should come down and be with my grandma and grandpa. she wanted to make sure that she would be able to say bye to my grandma if it was going to be the last time she sees her for a while. i am glad that she was able to make it down her and spend the last couple days with her.

grandmas funeral was a week after. it was a very simple but really i think that is how it should be done. all of my brothers and sister were able to make it. it was a great time celebrating my grandmas life with my family as well as spending time with them. we all stayed at my brother brad's new home. we spend all friday there and then had the funeral saturday in mission veijo.

the funeral was great. like i said it was very simple. there was a viewing in the morning at the and then a gravesite service and a luncheon for the family. i kinda think that, thats the way to do it. simple yet tasteful. and that really describes my grandma.

my family decided how we were going to remember grandma and show our respect to her is by wearing hot pink at her funeral. hot pink is her favorite color. so we all had something that was hot pink on, even the men. it was great seeing all of this hot pink around.

i love my grandma and miss her tons. I wish i have lived closer to her so i would have gotten to know her more than i did. but i am thankful for all of the memories i do have with her.

cant wait to be with you again grandma. love you!
♥ The Schroeder