As I held her hand my beloved wee grannie passed peacefully from this world on Wednesday.
She was 99yrs young the photo above was taken about 4 years ago.
Born in 1911 the youngest of four children, her mother left her father and the children when my grannie was just 6 weeks old she met her mother only once when she was about 20yrs old. After her mother left she was brought up in various foster homes until she was around 14yrs old when after another failed fostering (she was not a typical child of that time and was seen and heard quite alot) her spinster aunt took her from Liverpool back home with her to Stonehaven and the stable loving relationship that had been missing in her life was established.
She became engaged to a sea captain and one summer came to Alloa to visit friends of the family she was sitting in the bandstand at the local park when my grandad came and asked if she minded if he sat down she said ok and she was smitten when the visit was finished she didn't return to Stonehaven but moved in with my grandad a huge scandle in those days and she didn't marry my grandad until she was 5 months pregnant with my mum and after much pleading from my grandad. They had another 2 children and a loving successful marriage until my grandads death in 1982.
I would like to thank her for
Ringlets in my hair, sticky out party dresses, long flanelette nighties, piggie hot water bottles,treadle sewing machine, teaching me how to knit, cocoa, toast made at the open fire, Hopes the Bakers fruit birthday cakes, my love of Lily of the Valley, Honeysuckle, Cats & Hats.
For her unfailing love kindness and friendship I thank her from the bottom of my heart she was my rock and I will love and miss her always
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