A tribute to Granny

November 1st

Diane Dixon Clark is not only our loving and devoted mother she is Granny to our children. Our sweet sweet Granny. Many women avoid the name of Granny and choose something more flattering, trendy or current..... but not our mom. She wears that title with pride. It is a long standing maternal tradition. My mom's mom is Granny to us and her mom was Granny to my mom. My boys defend this endearment with pride. Once, Jackson who was 3 at the time was asked if he was having a good time with Grandma. He looked at this women with sternness and quickly responded, "This is not my grandma, she is my Granny". We love our Granny.

Mom is the type of women that has always related to the little ones. She always knows what they like best because those are the same things that she likes. Spending time with Granny is a treat because it more than likely involves treats that come by way of a tea party or out of her candy jar. She is often found sitting around the child size table serving up orange soda out of the plastic teapot with a hearty meal of fruit snacks, granola bars, and crackers. My boys are in heaven. She can build train tracks like no one else can, is always up for a round of bedbugs and loves to help them with projects and crafts that are sure to be treasures to look at on their nightstands for months to come. She is loved and irreplaceable to these little boys who so affectionately refer to her as their sweet sweet Granny. She is soon to be Granny to 5 boys as we anticipate the arrival of Andy and Heidi's newest.

Granny can't always make her body do what she wants it to, but she has always done what she could and we love her even more for it. She always was interested in what the latest funny thing the kids had to say was so that she could tell a good story to the nurses who treated her. We have had some good laughs. Laughing and enjoying life with the family is what brings her the greatest joy in life. She takes great pride in her children and grandchildren. She always knew deep down that this was the greatest and most important wealth that this life has to offer.

We have been blessed forever more to call this wonderful woman mom and for our children to know happiness as a result of a Granny who loves them endlessly. I love her, respect her and treasure all that she has instilled in me as a wife and mother myself.