The Women that Made Me ~ Grammy Brown

This is my Gram  ~ Vera

not Grandmother or Nanna or Granny

to us she was simply Gram

or Grammy Brown to most that knew her

I grew up with this lady

like having 2 Mom's in your house ~ which is not always easy

but as I got older ~ I did appreciate how much richer my life was

because of it.

My Mom worked and Gram took care of us

until we were old enough to take care of ourselves after school

and she got a job working at the corner store

I remember staying up with her when she got home

as she worked until 11

we would watch the soap Santa Barbara together

as it came on at midnight

then head to bed when it was over ~ good times

this is the woman who taught me how to knit

it was slow going ~ I had a hard time with a scarf

but she stayed with me and I stuck with it

she loved making the recipes that her Mom used to make

and told me stories about her parents

coming over from England ~ their journeys through life

she was old school with her cooking though

cooked the crap out of everything

she could make broccoli grey ~ not green ~ grey 

and we would tease her about it

she was a huge part of my life and my heart broke in two

when she passed away

when I made her butter tart recipe during my recent challenge

Mom said to me ~ "Gram would be proud"

I hope so....