Grandma Geiser

When I grow up I want to be just like my Grandma Geiser.  Grandma is a spunky 96 year old  One of the perks of being 96 is you can pretty much say whatever you are thinking without getting in too much trouble although Grandma has always said exactly what's on her mind.  

Geiser's have a tendency to tell the same stories over and over.  Most of us can probably repeat most of their trucking and football stories verbatim.   There is one story that Grandma tells all the time and every time it touches my heart and brings a tear to my eye.  Grandma and Grandpa Geiser raised seven boys and one girl and long before it was fashionable they worked side by side on the ranch,driving trucks and raising their family.  Grandpa died many many years ago and Grandma still misses him like it was yesterday.  She goes to his grave to update him on everything going on and she still feels his presence.  She had this dream that they were at a dance and the music playing was very beautiful.  Grandpa walks up to her, smiles and holds out his hand so they can dance to the song together.  She stands up ready to dance with him and just as she is about to grab his hand she wakes up.  Grandma wonders what would have happened if she would have grabbed his hand before she woke up and my heart flutters every time at the thought.  Then she says, "We didn't have much but we had enough."  Grandma is a tough lady but the loss of her husband and partner of many years is something she still has not recovered from.

She tells the best stories and my blog will be an attempt to record them for I regret not doing the same with my Grandma Tina and Grandma Rita.  If we don't remember them and pass them down, they are forgotten and they shouldn't be as memories are some of the most valuable moments in our lives and in the lives of our relatives before us.  More Grandma Geiser stories to follow.  :)