May first....today is her birthday. My grandmother, Ida Macey Compton, born in Kentucky, has been gone from this earth for more than thirty years. Still, I remember this day and celebrate it each year, quietly in my heart. She married young, bore sixteen children, lived through hard times and had a long good life. She knew the Lord and read her Bible each evening. I loved and adored her and to this day, I miss her and still try to emulate her. Often I see or hear things that remind me of her. This week, I've seen Lilacs. They were her favorite flower, and I remember each spring her telling me so. The painting, is my imagining her as a child. Happy Birthday Grandmother....I miss your "Butterfly Kisses."
A garden of Love grew in my Grandmother's heart.~Unknown
