Grandma Heath

On January 2nd, we received a phone call from Jeremiah's dad that Grandma Heath had died(Jeremiah's Dad's mother). We found out that week that hospice had been called in so we knew this day was coming. We packed up the kiddos the next morning and headed up to the bay area to be with the Heath family all week. We were so thankful that Jeremiah could take bereavement leave and that I had not started back up at school; it allowed us to be with family all week. What I remember most about Grandma, was that she was a prayer warrior. Whenever we visited with her, she would tell me that she was praying for me. As we went through pictures and some of her things, she had stacks of filled prayer journals that reminded me that I was always being prayed for. She will be greatly missed! The family picture below was taken when Elizabeth was being dedicated at 6 months old with Grandma right in the middle.:)

Grandma's son(Owen and Elizabeth's Papa) spoke at the service and shared how much Grandma Heath showed Jesus' love through loving people no matter how hard it could be at times. Her heart and home were open to everyone.

Occidental Community Church has a tradition to ring their church bell the same number of years the person who was honored at the memorial service had lived. All the great-grand kids got to help ring the bell 90 times for Great-Grandma Heath. Wow! Grandma Heath had a fruitful 90 years of life. Amazing!