God.
piano.
tattoos.
big cities.
free spirited.
quick to love, slow to trust.
music is the way to my heart.
my red hair gives me super powers.

 

My grandmother was a spunky woman who always seemed to be in the know. She was consistently up on current events in the local, national, and international news and oftentimes compared them to the happenings of yesteryear. Even better was the history lesson I received every time I visited her, because stepping into her home was like taking a time machine through the 1900s. Collections of items from every decade of that century lined the walls of her house. Needless to say, my Nana was extremely memorable and full of memories.

She used to tell me all about my relatives and who was connected to whom. Eventually I would lose track of names, look at her, and just smile and nod. My mom always wanted to take a mother-daughter trip to Scotland, where our family is from, so the two of them could not only learn more about this family history she shared with us, but also to spend some quality time together. Sadly, my Nana passed away too soon for the trip to take place.

Losing someone is painful, regardless of whether the parting is planned or unexpected. As people come and go in our lives, there are some who find a special place in our hearts, a place where the thought of losing them is too hard to bear, too painful to even consider as an option, because they are so important to us.

I chose the song “If I Didn’t Have You In My World” by Vince Gill as my song of the week, because he captures this message perfectly. His words are simple and straightforward, expressing how much a person can mean to another human being, proving that we cannot live, or even survive, in this world alone.

(Source: Spotify)