Grandma, Grandma, Grandma

I would like you all to meet someone very special:

This is my Grandmother.

Her name is Shirley, but everyone calls her just "Grandma".

She has pretty severe Alzheimer's disease (stage 3ish) and has lived with our family for a year and a half now.

I love my Grandma. When she is cheerful she makes everyone laugh along with herself.

She has so many little sayings (doesn't every grandparent?) like:

"Go, go, go with Harriet Beecher Stowe!" all of us Grandkids have taken to saying this. Sometimes I will be playing a tough soccer game and will be chearing one of my teammates on and say, "Go, go, go with Harriet Beecher Stowe!" then I will look at  my little brother (he is usually close by) and laugh really hard. Everyone else just looks at us funny. 
 When we have something good to eat she says, 
"It's deli-ci-ious, nu-tri-ious, and makes me feel am-bit-ious"

The other day her and I went for a little walk down the driveway. I (of course) brought my camera along. At one point I asked her if I could take a picture of her and she said, "Sure honey, but I don't want my face to break you nice camera!" 

She is a cutie alright. 

I love my Grandma loads and loads.

As hard as it is to see her not her "normal-self" anymore, she is a pure joy to have.
Really, there is not a day gone by when we are laughing and having fun with her. 

God has taught me so much from little Grandma Shirley.
The time that we have had Grandma has been the best time of my life.
No kidding. 

I love you Grams!
Grammy-Pants.
Grammer. 
Your Highness.
Grandma America.
Shirlel.
Shirley Girly. 
Captain.
Grandma. 


Yours Truly, 
Mackenzie Hope