Vibrant Vera

As some of you have heard, my Grandma passed away on Thursday. Though she has not been doing very well, in the end it was sudden. From the time I got the news she was going and drove to Provo, she was gone. I still can't quite believe it. She has always been so strong and vivacious (para-sailing at 80 ought to tell you something); even in recent months, as age was at last catching up to her, she still seemed so resilient to me.

I hope she is enjoying a happy reunion with my now-Parkinson's-free-Grandpa. I hope she feels well and energetic again. I had a sweet experience today contemplating the "testimony of the ancestors", sort of an addendum to the generational vision I expressed here. My conviction of the ancestors is growing.

I'm going to miss my adorable Grandma. I ache whenever I think about it (and find myself choking up/cracking at random, sometimes awkward, moments). I'll take the loss with the love though.

Oh the love.

2009 photoshoot outtakes