I have a lot that has been on my mind lately. I lost someone that has been very dear to me for a long time. Losing my grandmother has made me think about how much I wish I had all of our memories recorded down. I wish I had the stories she had told me recorded also. Just three weeks ago we had been discussing taking a trip to Japan so she could show me how my grandfather and she had met. A chance to walk down memory lane. She was a feisty lady at 91 years old and I wouldn’t have given up all the time I spent with her for anything. I used to crack up because she would tell me, “Water makes you fat, but coffee and tea are okay”. She had watched some show on Japanese TV and had interpreted what the doctors had said into what she told me… and you couldn’t tell her otherwise. So I just smiled and nodded. She used to tell me not to say, “I love you”. Her reasoning was that Japanese people did not say “I love you”, they just knew that the love was there. I always told her “I love you” anyways… and eventually, she started to tell me that she loved me too.
I was always amazed at what a strong woman she was. Even at 91, she was out gardening almost daily. She was independent and strong willed about everything.
Though she was not my biological grandmother, but she always has been and always will be my grandmother. RIP Fujie Kuwana Nelson 3/22/17. I will always love you.
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