Grandma Rennhack is in hospice

So I talked to my Grandma Rennhack tonight, she is 94 years old - amazing.

However, she's not been answering her phone and it caused concern.  Tonight I got a hold of her.  She's been in and out of the hospital for the past 4 weeks due to her bad heart... :(

On top of that she's had to falls - one that hurt her elbow and one where she broke her foot - really bad.  Instead of breaking across the bone, it broke long wise down the bone.

Things are not looking good.  She is now on hospice which means the doctors believe she has between 3-6 months to live.  I am so sad at the thought; I shouldn't be sad - for heaven's sake, she's 94 years old... but she's all I've got left from my mom's side of the family.

My mom passed away almost 25 years ago, grandpa passed away about 7 years ago.  Although I don't see her but once or twice a year, she is a rock to me.  She's always had such a good attitude and always tried to be Christ-like and have a Christian attitude.  She's always getting along and making the best of every situation.

She's so cute - she's only 4'10" tall, and she's legally blind - probably even more than that but she's always been such a fun little grandma.

I am going up to see her this weekend.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL

Robert with his Great Grandma
Betsy, Jessica and Marissa with my grandma

Devon loves his great grandma!

After eating at Cracker Barrel for dinner!

This Thanksgiving season was very different for our family. Usually we have Kevin's family and or Tami's family come for Thanksgiving since they are the closest family to us. Last year we had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my father, Alison and my sister Kirstie in Hilton Head.

This year was very different. We were thinking of my 89 year old grandma being all alone this year, since my grandfather passed away, so we decided to drive up to visit her and take her out for Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, that's right. She lives in an condo/apartment complex for seniors. Her condo is only one room plus her bedroom. Having six people decend on her isn't a good idea. My lovely grandma is going blind and can't do too much for herself. Usually she eats in the dining hall, but it's closed on holidays - go figure!

Thanksgiving morning we loaded up the car and headed out on our five hour drive. We were all so excited when we finally arrived. Grandma is so special to us! We met her at the door. Charlotte, Grandma's cousin came over and then the eight of us went to Cracker Barrel restaurant for Thanksgiving Dinner. The funniest part of this story is that Marissa was so excited to be eating out because she could order whatever she wanted - and DIDN'T have to have turkey...too funny.

Grandma, Mark and Betsy had traditional turkey, but all the others had the dinner of their choice. Everyone was happy! After dinner we went back to grandma's place to talk and share memories. What a wonderful Thanksgiving!