Melba Larue Bridges

My grandma passed away yesterday. I have mixed feelings about this. I'm sad, happy, and even a little jealous. Let me explain. Obviously I'm sad because she is gone. She was such a wonderful mother, grandma, and great grandma to my kids, and she was even a great-great grandma to others. Probably even more greats than just great-great. I'm happy because she is no longer suffering with the constrictions of her physical body. She was 97 1/2 for heavens sake. (I put the half in there cuz I know it's important to the little kids and it should be important to when you reach that age.) I'm jealous cuz she gets to see my mom (her daughter) again. But that also makes me happy to think about to so then the jealousy goes away cuz I know I will be able to see them both again. I tell ya she was one tough cookie. Her husband (my grandpa) passed away when my mom was younger and she raised her kids (2 boys and a girl) by herself since then. She was an awesome cook. We lived down the street from her so we would go to her house every other Sunday for dinner and she would come to ours the other Sunday's. She would stay over Christmas eve or come over that morning to watch us open presents and she then had us all over for breakfast that morning. It was so good. I remember traveling with her and having so much fun. Always humming church hymns. I can still hear her. Oh how I miss her. These are only a fraction of her greatness and accomplishments. I will always love and cherish those moments and memories. Love you grandma!