No Post today.  She is probably playing the organ in church today.   Still ahead she comes home one October night to find strangers in her room!

So you have obviously figured out that my grandmother was a big part of my life.  Many of my earliest memories are playing cards with her or listening to The Billy Goats Gruff – my favorite story that she read to me daily.  You see, I went to her house every day after pre-school while my mother went to college.  Actually, I went to her house regularly up until I could drive because she lived in a great neighborhood and we lived 7 miles out of town in the country.  Her house was much more fun!

Even though my children only met her as babies, I must talk about her quite often.  Below is a story my daughter wrote in fourth grade.  Her promt was –  something suddenly woke you out of a deep sleep, tell what happens next.   I was brought to tears when I read it – knowing grandma is still with us – being passed down through memories and stories.

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Whoosh! Whoosh! That was the sound of a mysterious balloon landing in the front yard on top of my mom’s florescent flowers.

For starters, it was very early on a Monday morning when I heard sounds in the wind and leaves cracking in my front yard. I didn’t want to stand-up and take a glimpse out my window but my legs forced me. I slowly wobbled like a penguin, over to my window. “WOW” I had whispered. Right in front of me was a gigantic neon hot air balloon! I quickly galloped over to my closet and threw on a neon green top with jean shorts, then ran down my curvy steps. I sneaked past my mom and dads room and out the door. I jumped into the chocolate brown basket and pulled on a snowy white rope.

Next thing I knew, I was in the bright blue morning sky. Out of nowhere I heard a rustling in the wind. I thought it was only the balloon so I dismissed it. Next I saw something as thick and puffy as a cloud. I became a little worried. Then I felt a hand on my shoulder and I was terrified. I shakily turned around. There stood, right in front of me, God himself! He told me to explore. So I did what he told me. You won’t believe who I found! I found my great-grandma there. She showed me around and we played board games together. I forgot I was in a balloon until it popped and I landed in my bed.

To wrap up, I had an awesome adventure in heaven. I feel happy that I hopped in the balloon. I learned the route of (to) heaven. I hope I will be able to visit again soon.

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Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today:

Ludwig Müller was proclaimed the supreme head of the German Protestant church at the Berlin Cathedral, despite hundreds of opposition pastors denouncing him from their pulpits.

Luigi Fagioli won the Spanish Grand Prix.

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