This conversation took place on May 10, 2012.
Jeanie- "I was born a poor white child. March 08, 1947. 12:00 noon! High noon, at one of the Last Indian Hospitals in Phoenix Arizona. Amen! I was the first child to my mother and father. My mother was a very tiny woman, a lot like Cathy (my mother). I was very proud of my little girl panties. Mom took me downtown, I was two and we took the bus. I got on the bus and the first thing I did was lift up my dress so the bus driver could see my panties. They were pretty with the ruffles on. In front of god, and everyone I showed them my panties."
Jeanie- "A relationship is like a keystone it takes two people to hold your relationship together. Too many people grow in different directions. Bloom where your planted. I have relationship issues my dad abandoned us, my first marriage fell apart, Roger was a hound dog, Archie raised those kids. The priesthood save our marriage. He was always good to me I had trust issues built in relationships, that I think I'm going to be abandoned. Some of us aren't made for relationships. I wanted my cheaper by the Dozen House six kids, pets, crocheting, canning, cooking."
Jeanie- "Don't pine over anyone, because it's just going to happen. If it doesn't you are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it! listen to the impressions around you, follow them. Wait until your heart says its right, and don't do it in two days, get to know the person, know how everything works."
Jeanie- "I was pushing 20 when I got married and that was considered old then. I worked at Moterola after school, they made stuff for computer, I helped send people to the moon. Then I got my car and then I met Jack. Marriage is not freedom. Listen to Me and Bobby Magee. It is hard work time and selflessness same with children, you need to know you're ready to do that. I wasn't supposed to be with him (Jack) but if I hadn't I wouldn't have had your daddy.
Jeanie-"I'm not afraid, what I'm afraid of is leaving you guys, I don't want to suffer I don't want to hurt."
Jeanie-"No one can be a saint, you'll always step on somebody's toes, just make sure it's a light step, use your ballet shoes. I'd rather be stepped on by ballet shoes than tap shoes. Life is rough and you're not just going to float by like cream."
Her stake President then walked into the room and we talked with him for a while about the Lord's timing and about faith. I remember him telling me "Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the spirit is the key and Christ is the reason."
I will never forget that day, that one last afternoon I spent with my Grandma Jeanie, it was the last day she was really conscious. The spirit was so strong, I remember when I left she told me she loved me and was so proud of me, and I was able to tell her I loved her too. She gave me her get well teddy bear as I would have to leave to go back to school soon. A couple days later on May 16th she passed. I was the only one in my immediate family not there when she left. That was so hard for me. So that wonderful afternoon on May 11th was our goodbye and I will always remember it.
I will end this post with a poem my grandma had written for the newspaper at her care center which was called "Hunter Hollow Happenings." She was in charge of a column called Jeanie's Gestures. This poem was in the May 2012 paper, the last one she would write.
"We are dealing with spring time and coming into summer, where the time we can feel young and spry; like the flowers and plants that are springing out of the ground. We should take advantage of the energy that a new spring day can bring. Enjoy the garden and the flowers of life, enjoy our families and our friends and be grateful for them! You never know what can happen! Or what stranger could be a best friend until you get to know them. Too many people are closed off to getting to know each other (not growing like spring flowers). We need to open our hearts to every experience we face. We have the good, flowers and sunshine; the bad, the storms and wind. Without a little bite of the bad we don't enjoy the good. Just like without a little bite of salt, the dish won't turn out; even chocolate chip cookies have a little salt to make an amazing dessert."
I hope you will learn from these words as much as I have
With Love REB
Jeanie- "Don't pine over anyone, because it's just going to happen. If it doesn't you are just in the wrong place at the wrong time. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it! listen to the impressions around you, follow them. Wait until your heart says its right, and don't do it in two days, get to know the person, know how everything works."
Jeanie- "I was pushing 20 when I got married and that was considered old then. I worked at Moterola after school, they made stuff for computer, I helped send people to the moon. Then I got my car and then I met Jack. Marriage is not freedom. Listen to Me and Bobby Magee. It is hard work time and selflessness same with children, you need to know you're ready to do that. I wasn't supposed to be with him (Jack) but if I hadn't I wouldn't have had your daddy.
Jeanie-"I'm not afraid, what I'm afraid of is leaving you guys, I don't want to suffer I don't want to hurt."
Jeanie-"No one can be a saint, you'll always step on somebody's toes, just make sure it's a light step, use your ballet shoes. I'd rather be stepped on by ballet shoes than tap shoes. Life is rough and you're not just going to float by like cream."
Her stake President then walked into the room and we talked with him for a while about the Lord's timing and about faith. I remember him telling me "Faith is the power, obedience is the price, love is the motive, the spirit is the key and Christ is the reason."
I will never forget that day, that one last afternoon I spent with my Grandma Jeanie, it was the last day she was really conscious. The spirit was so strong, I remember when I left she told me she loved me and was so proud of me, and I was able to tell her I loved her too. She gave me her get well teddy bear as I would have to leave to go back to school soon. A couple days later on May 16th she passed. I was the only one in my immediate family not there when she left. That was so hard for me. So that wonderful afternoon on May 11th was our goodbye and I will always remember it.
I will end this post with a poem my grandma had written for the newspaper at her care center which was called "Hunter Hollow Happenings." She was in charge of a column called Jeanie's Gestures. This poem was in the May 2012 paper, the last one she would write.
"We are dealing with spring time and coming into summer, where the time we can feel young and spry; like the flowers and plants that are springing out of the ground. We should take advantage of the energy that a new spring day can bring. Enjoy the garden and the flowers of life, enjoy our families and our friends and be grateful for them! You never know what can happen! Or what stranger could be a best friend until you get to know them. Too many people are closed off to getting to know each other (not growing like spring flowers). We need to open our hearts to every experience we face. We have the good, flowers and sunshine; the bad, the storms and wind. Without a little bite of the bad we don't enjoy the good. Just like without a little bite of salt, the dish won't turn out; even chocolate chip cookies have a little salt to make an amazing dessert."
I hope you will learn from these words as much as I have
With Love REB
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