We said goodbye to Great Grandma (Mabel) this weekend. She was a neat lady in many ways. She was a Norskie down to her toes, and always spoke with a thick accent. She used to swear in Norwegian when she was upset, and always referred to my mom as "Dee-bbie" instead of "Debbie". Cute!!I know she's with Great Grandpa now, where she has wanted to be since he passed in 1997. I have been so lucky in my life to have grandparents and great-grandparents; what a wonderful bunch of memories I can carry with me.
My favorite memories of her will always include:
- getting sugar cubes from her "special dish" in the kitchen
- watching 4th of July fireworks from her front porch
- the dirty jokes she & Great Grandpa used to tell (even in their 80's!)
- her chewing tobacco habit
- her love of mums
- the Cracker Jacks & Hershey Bar she always gave us for Halloween
- how she said "uff dah" - with that thick accent of hers
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