Marilyn Murphy Allen

My dear grandma passed away this morning. Her condition had been declining rapidly over the past few weeks. I heard about her condition first from my bcf Maddie last Thursday. She said that she had never seen Grandma so sick. I forgot to send grandma a birthday card, (she turned 87 on May 27th) so right after I got off the phone I wrote her a letter. I used my very last Kit Kittridge stationary that I have had since I was 10, and hoped that my letter would get there in time.

 {The front and back of the envelope bring tears to my eyes because I feel like it's my Grandma coming home to her father, just like Kit did in the book that the illustration is from.}

 She didn't get my letter in time, but I know she knows how much I love and adore her and will miss her laugh and love of life.

I need to search for more pictures of grandma and me, but this is a picture of the afghan she crocheted for me, her second to last granddaughter, (out of like 35).


I love you so much grandma and I know that I will see you again and that you are without pain now.
I'm excited to see my family soon, we are heading down to Utah for the funeral. I am going to stick around and have my Utah summer holiday so the blog might be quiet for a while. 


Thanks for all the support!


Here's a link to the song I recorded tonight, in memory of my Grandma Allen.