Wow, it is hard to beleive that she is gone... My grandmother lived to be nearly 93 years old and she died as she lived; peaceful and surrounded by love. This picture was taken the last time that I saw her...
The question of longevity has been around forever, and today our society does all sorts of things looking for the veritable secret to a long life...
Well my grandmother had the secret; I never saw her jog, I never saw her doing crunches or working out in the gym. I never saw her concerned about eating foods with less fat. I have never seen her drink alchohol... And I don't remember her saying to many cuss words...
What I did see from my grandmother was that she had a lot of love and she lived her life by trying to give every ounce of it away... While we will all miss her we are grateful that she was able to live a full life. Her and my granddad had 14 grandchildred, 31 great-grandchildred and 26 great-great grandchildren.
We are greatful for the example that she set for all of us, she instilled in us the importance of Church, Family and just being good people... As one of my cousins so eloquently put it, "she had a way of making each one of us feel like we were the most important person in the world."
We can all learn a lesson from Annette Taliaferro White... We just need to live our lives by giving away every ounce of love that we have and by always remembering to treat everyone we meet as if they are the most important people in the world! If we follow this lead and if we are lucky, longevity could be ours.
We will miss you grandmother... until we meet again...
Your Grandson
"Roddy" (As she always called me)
