Great Grandma Booth
Nathan’s Great Grandma Booth passed away in October. We haven’t talked about it here, because really, when you’re so bad at blogging already, how do you blog about a death in the family? But leading up to Nathan’s birthday, I dreamt about her every night. I always assumed she’d be here for his first birthday. Truth? I always assumed she’d see all my children graduate from college, but that was probably a bit optimistic.
When Nathan was in the hospital she would send me little emails, a quick word of love and encouragement. While being so proud of him, she never stopped telling me how proud she was of us, his parents. Almost all of her trips to Boston from Amherst in those three months included a stop by the NICU– sometimes that was the only reason for the trip.
When I was little, she and I would go to exercise class together. She would exercise and I would eat cheerios. When I was living with her a few years ago I learned that she started eating cheerios because of me and however many years later, she was still eating them. I think she would love that cheerios are one of Nathan’s favorite foods.