My mother-in-law, Dixie Godwin, died Sunday and was buried yesterday. My two children, Narcie and Josh, who are both United Methodist Ministers did the service. My youngest, Caleb, was a pall-bearer. Ganny, as Narcie named her years ago would have been so proud. The service was perfect! Ganny has been at Agape Rehab 3 miles from Cindy's school since the first of February. They were marvelous to her and I cannot thank them enough.
Ganny was a wonderful mother to Cindy and Guyeth, and mother-in-law to Rob and me. There could not have been a better grandmother to Narcie, Josh, Caleb, Lindsay, Doug and her great-grandchildren, Enoch and Evy. She lived her faith and enjoyed life. She had so many friends and a colony of "lost boys" to whom she was a surrogate mother. She was extraordinary in so many ways. As much as we will miss her, her decline reminds us how blessed we were that she was still "with it" until she died suddenly on Sunday. They had told her Friday that she had some form of leukemia and were preparing her for treatments. We wouln't have wanted her to suffer any more, but she lived life to the full until the end. She made friends out of every nurse and adapted to life's changes with a God-given grace that was amazing.
Two weeks ago tomorrow we took her to see the movie "Julie & Julia." She loved it! She was a story-teller and librarian. She and Gandaddy were truly educators. They both taught us how to live and die. They're together again as they should be. They have left a legacy for all of us, and we're thankful.
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