Grandmother Guy

We got engaged in April 2012 and soon started the busy task of wedding planning.  One of the first things we had to decide was which date we were going to make our own.  We knew that we were going to be having an outdoor wedding, so Graham made it pretty clear that there was really no need to even think about dates in the middle of the summer. 

I have a weird obsession thing with odd numbers, especially the number 11, so I was trying to find a satuday in 2012 that we could be married on the 11th.  The only one that would be coming up was in August, but Graham was doubtful as to whether or not we could get it all done and pull it off by then.  We even talked about waiting until May of 2013 for the next saturday that was the 11th, but decided against it (and thank the Lord we did!). 

The 11th of August kept popping up in my mind and I tried numerous times to get Graham to change his mind on choosing that date.  He never could really give me a good reason as to why he didn't think that day would work for us, he just didn't have a good feeling about it.  Being the weirdo that I am, I had to use that day somehow, so I set up our engagement pictures to be taken that day on the Guy farm.

We needed to get our save-the-dates and invitations ordered, so we decided on an odd-numbered day in October that would work for us.  We kept truckin' along with the planning process and before we knew it August had rolled around. 

Sadly on August 7th, we got the call that Graham's sweet Grandmother was sick and in the hospital.  We both left work in a rush to be by her side, but found out when we got there that the Lord had taken her to heaven.  It was so unexpected and devastating to everyone in the family.  It was also the first time I saw real hurt in my soon-to-be husband's eyes. 

As the week progressed, the family made her arrangements and it was determined she would be laid to rest on Saturday, August 11th.  I remember having chills when I was told the date.  I knew immediately why Graham had felt so uneasy about that date when we were contemplating it for our wedding.  Not that he could have known it was going to happen, but it was remarkable to me none the less. 

Today marks a year since Grandmother left us and I can honestly say I think about that sweet woman all the time.  I can still see her smile and hear her infectious laugh.  Birthdays, holidays, and family functions are definitely not the same with out her there.  I hate that our children will have never gotten to meet such an incredible woman!

Grandmother Guy with two of her precious great-grand babies.