OakleyLife

This morning, I woke up thinking about a very special friend of mine. My Godmother, Virginia aka NuNus aka Virg. She passed away almost 7 years ago, but my memories of her are fresh and vivid! She had about 50 years on me, but you would not know it. Well, you would know it if you were looking at us, but not if you just were listening to us. She was terrified of storms. One time in college over spring break, my friend and I went and spent the night with her. Sometimes, I wonder if my mom asked her to keep an eye on me when she was out of town. Anyways, Kari and I head over to her house to keep her company during the scary storms. The three of us end up completely toasted, sitting around smoking cigs and gossiping! See mom, how good of a watch dear Virg kept!! ;)

Another time, when I was around 21, I stopped by (she lived on my parent's street) to see how she was doing. She had her car taken away by this time and needed me to run to the store and get her some beer and cigs. OK, no problem! I go pick up a 6 pack and some smokes for my special friend. Later, I was telling mom that I did that, and she informs me that Virginia is not supposed to be drinking, and that her daughters had cleared out all of the booze from her house. OOOOPS! I wonder if Mallie (her daughter was also named Mallie) ever found out about her secret shopper!

She had alzheimers. Heartbreaking. I hate that her last years on this earth were spent like that.

Forever, everytime I would see her she would ask me about my boyfriend. More specifically, did I have one??? No. The answer was always, "no, Virg, I do not have one yet". This always got her riled up. And when the disease started really sinking in, the question came about 10 times per visit. If you know someone that has suffered from Alzheimer's, then you know what I am talking about here.... Anyways, she never got to meet Brandon. When she died, I had been dating him about 3 months. He went with me to the funeral home, to see her before the closed her coffin. That was his only vision of the actual Virg. She would have gotten the BIGGEST kick out of Brandon. She would have loved him, just like the rest of my family loves him. She would have thought he was so handsome (always a big concern for my nonexisitant boyfriend) and she would have LOVED his sense of humor! She totally would have loved that he would buy her beer, and take her for burgers, and protect her in storms.

I get so amazed at the new memebers of my life. I so wish they could know the important members of my life, that have already passed. I get tickled when I imagine the interactions between this best friend and my daughter. She would squeeze her to high heavens!!! I get sad when I think of Gates and Brandon not ever knowing this spirited lady that had such an impact on my life!

Rest in Peace Sweet Virginia!