On Monday of last week my grandmother “Mimi” passed away.  She went peacefully in her sleep, but as expected, it was very very very hard to get the news.  I traveled down to Charlotte, NC on Thursday morning for her wake and funeral and will be in NC until Tuesday morning.

Anyway, it was so overwhelmingly nice to have so much of my large family together for her services in NC.  It doesn’t sound that exciting, but i can’t remember the last time my siblings and I were all together under one roof!  Mimi is having another funeral in CA next weekend since she will be buried next to my Papa Tom there.

My family is BIG…  Mimi had 7 children who produced 26 grandchildren who then produced 21(and counting!) great grandchildren.  CRAZY.  So needless to say, her services in NC had a lot of people and California will have a boatload as well.  How neat.

Mimi was known for all her sayings.  My favorite one she had is “Suit yourself, and you suit everybody.”  Words to live by… I tell that to people every chance I get.  Its the best advice ever.

Anywho, thats what has been going on with me…  Here are some pictures from the weekend with family…

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