Memoirs of Granny

January 29th around 6:00 pm Annette Nordstrom - aka "Granny" passed on to her heavenly home. She died peacefully in her sleep when her heart finally decided to stop functioning. Her 99th birthday was coming up in March. Tor and Clare have both had so many wonderful memories with Granny; she immediately adopted Clare as another grandchild and Tor would go spend many hours with her up in Kansas City where she lived. She was the first to meet Clare after Tor and Clare met, first to meet Vanna, and first to know that Miss Josephine was on the way. She relished her position as "family matriarch" she would say. She was a delightful little bohemian woman who was a school teacher in her younger years. She taught us Czech and Swedish words when we would come to visit. We are sad, but only a little, because Granny really wanted nothing more than to go home to heaven where she could trade her "wearing out" body with a healthy young one.

We know she died in peace knowing that Josephine was born safely and Taryn was engaged to the man she loved. She told us many times the only reason she was alive was to pray for the family and those were two very specific items of prayer for her! :) She was completely coherent and alert until the last couple of days before she died. In fact, the night she died Tor, Clare and Josephine received in the mail a handwritten congratulations card and check from her. Also, Pete and Joie received a box of Jack Stacks BBQ in celebration of their 41st wedding anniversary the night she passed. Amazing timing.

Thank you, Granny! You are in a better, more glorious place than we can imagine where your knees don't hurt and your heart works perfectly. We love you so much - Tor, Clare, Josephine and Vanna Nordstrom