Rest in Peace Grandma!

My Grandmother (Milicent Craigie Keck) of 94 years old passed away last week. She played a big part in bringing me up since she lived around the corner. When I was young, we used to spend every Sunday at her house after going to church and we'd watch football and eat Popeye's Chicken. Then, in 6th grade she started giving me rides home from school when my parents worked till late. Then in high school she'd let me borrow her car for anything I needed. These are the kind of things you never appreciated at the time, but later look back and realize how formative those times were for me.

Later in life I found out how creative and exciting she was. She helped me make outfits for Burning Man and showed me some of the designs and materials she had used to make her own clothes.

Even in the past few years, she got the most out of life when she moved to Savannah. She held family reunions for the last 4 years on the beach and hosted groups of 40+ for a week despite having already celebrated her 90th birthday. A few months ago, she went into hospice, only to come out of it and start doing aerobics and playing bridge again. She was resilient and loving and selfless and I will miss her. Rest in Peace Grandma!