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July 11, 2008
Whirlwind
Life is moving so fast.
Again, I cannot thank everyone enough for their kind words, comments, emails, calls, prayers and thoughts about my grandmother. I am overwhelmed with your outreach. My grandma did pass away last night. And I am very sad. But I'm also thankful that she's no longer in pain and that right now she is rejoicing in heaven. That gives me a lot of peace.
I had over 5 hours of training today and I have to say I spent about 99% of it thinking about my grandma. I was so thankful to have that much time to myself to pray and to remember all the great things I want to remember about my grandmother and to sear those memories into my brain and onto my heart. Lucky for me my grandma was a wonderful and amazing person and I have thousands of wonderful and amazing memories!
Alas, I'm tired. Tired and ready to sleep! O's big debut triathlon is tomorrow and I wouldn't miss it for the world. Time for ME to be the equipment manager! He's going to be great tomorrow - for this I am sure! (me, not so much...I have much to learn in the way of managing equipment)
Speaking of equipment, I would be remiss not to thank the Best Bike Shop in the World (you guys are the best and thanks to Craig my bike now works better than eva!), my friend Jeremy and of course O for these:
Zipp wheels, a girl's best friend. :)
I sometimes feel like the luckiest girl in the world. Family and friends who love and support me in every part of my life - what more could you want?
Posted by beth at July 11, 2008 8:58 PM
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I am so sorry about your Grandma. I am sure you will miss her so much, but she will always be with you in your heart.
Posted by: maija at July 11, 2008 10:27 PM
So sorry to hear about your grandmother. My thoughts are with you.
Posted by: Leah at July 11, 2008 11:17 PM
So sorry to hear about your grandma. I am so glad you were able to spend some time training yesterday so you could just let your mind drift and think of her. Those wonderful memories will stay with you forever and she will always be a part of you because of that. My thoughts are with you.
Posted by: Candace at July 12, 2008 11:40 AM
Aw Beth, real sorry to read this. I'm glad, though, to read that your Grandma is now in a better place and that you are at relative peace with the process. Hopefully your family can relish in celebrating her life, as hard as doing so sometimes is.
Condolences and prayers,
Meghan
Posted by: Meghan at July 12, 2008 2:07 PM
I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother's passing. Grandparents are special people and I'm so glad you have nice memories with her.
Posted by: ange at July 14, 2008 8:14 AM
I am sorry to hear about your grandmother's passing. It is great that you have such nice memories to hold in your heart.
Posted by: ange at July 14, 2008 8:15 AM
hey beth, i am so sorry to hear about your grandma! It sounds like she was loved and i'm sure you will treasure the fond memories of her for years to come and be able to keep them alive in the future when you share them with your kids :). I am glad you are able to find comfort in knowing that she is finally out of pain.
Posted by: kerrie at July 14, 2008 3:25 PM