A tribute to my Grandma, Clarice Jane Raley Robinson. I will truly miss this wonderful lady. She was a true example of faith, not “crying over spilt milk”, kindness, and acceptance. She loved everyone, even when disappointed by them. She would help anyone she could. She let us kids be kids and tried to help us love the outdoors, us our imaginations, and love our heritage. She always told us stories of our ancestors. Almost nothing was off limits in her house. She even let us dress-up in the old prom dresses. She had unwavering faith and an unconquerable spirit. I will treasure every memory of her. Even my last, of her not knowing me, but thinking I was my mother, who she loved so much. I’m glad she can be at peace. She was scared to not be in control of her body. What a great lady and example to us all.
That was a nice tribute, Kim. I can count my visits with your grandma on two hands, but every time she gave me a big hug and was interested in my life and the life of my children. She was a great lady, as you say.
I remember I thought I was soooo tall when I was taller than Grandma. She was such a wonderful grandma and taught me a lot about faith and the power of prayer and love. Sometimes loving someone is the best medicine. I will truely miss her, but am grateful for the memories that I have. Even remembering the tomato soup makes me smile and taught me about commitment, tourture, determination, and that we should be grateful for what we are given. The thing that I am most grateful for my sweet grandma is for giving me my mom. For that I will be eternally grateful.
Grandma waiting in front of the door with her hands clasped in glee, Mile Bornes, Diet A&W Root Beer, Raisin cookies, prom dresses and dressing up, Oil of Olay, a drawer full of hair rollers, whatever she had was yours, her waiving good-bye until we were out of site……a few of my memories of Grandma Robinson.
Thank you all for all the love that you have always given my mom. I have so many things to thank her for and I truly had one of the great moms ever born. She loved me always and taught me so much and was fun to be with. She let me be a kid and I had the best childhood a girl could have. She went without for me to have nice things to wear and to be able to go places when I was a teenager. She loved all you kids and was always bragging on you. She thinks you are the best kids in the world. Me too. I love you.
Grandma’s last words to me were, “life is so full of joy! Find all of the happiness in life and enjoy it.” That was the last thing she said before I left her house last week; even in her struggles she found ways to remember the joyful life she has had. My girls have been blowing her kisses each night and we will have to let them continue that. I will always remember old Maverick and chugging up that skinny road to the mountain with the trailer swerving all over the back of that great blue car. Each time Rod and I would spend time with just us and Grandma I would see my Mother in her. Two wonderful ladies, two wonderful mothers, and two very loving wifes. Grandma always made sure we made it to church, even if we had no clothes. She also knew how important it was to me to get up and go with Grandpa to feed the sheep, so she would wake me up every morning to do so. She never got mad at me, but I knew when I had let her down; like when we started a fire in the old sheep camp, and when we started the old tractor, and … anyway, Grandma was the perfect example of how to discipline a child. I, like Sandy, will always remember Grandma at the door when we got there and when we left. It was always hard for me to leave Rifle and it was especially hard seeing their place for the last time as their place. I am so thankful for the memories; I will forever cherish them. And no mother, you are wrong, I had the best childhood. I know Grandma moved on more for us then for herself; that is just how she is. I love every little bone of that LITTLE GIANT!
OK, you hurt me all of you!! I can relate to all of your comments. I love you Grandma and my kids had tears also. You are going to be missed in alot of ways. I loved growing up with you in my life. I am sad and crying now because I am like Sandy and Boyd and you staying at the door to say good-bye. However they forgot the part about our hugs and how It would start us crying because we didn’t want to leave. I would cry in the car for about fifteen minutes or so as I know she did also. Even when the kids, Mother, and I went in my later years. My kids will remember the games, the food, the leg wrestling in the living room, the stinky pools, the fishing, and the hugs. My kids were able to get great memory of there Grandma Great. I always hated when Uncle Sam would call her Woman it just didn’t fit her to me. She was a cute little old lady that we will all remember. My memories are long and many but in short version of some. I remember Copper Mountain sheep camping and kettle bathing. I remember horse riding, sleding, swimming and Lake Powell. And the fish that nibbled my toes and she told me it was ok they couldn’t hurt me. The walks down memory lane (down the pasture), the rasin cookies, the diet A & W, and the YUCKY tomato soup, that I would drown with soda crackers; should have listened to Kathy and just drank it!!! Or when we would go feeding and she would get stuck and of course get a little cussing. Also, the visit when Mother had a baby or a family function she was almost to everyone of those. I remember talks, photo ablums, drawers with memories in them, the old rickety stairs, washing, and always cleaning out her fridge and kitchen when I would go to see them. She always like to listen to the wonderful outdoors and thaught me to appreciate nature. So many memories, most of them wonderful, thank you Grandma. She was a strong lady that had alot of health problems but endured them well. She had a closeness with her Heavenly Father and would not miss a Sunday meeting. Even when we went to Lake Powell she would attend church. Plus she was always accepting of others. She would give her advise on how she felt if they were making a mistake but she always loved them the same. She held on to her family which meant the most in her life next to her Heavenly Father. She was a great lady that endured with alot of happiness until the end. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER AND REMEMBER HER.