Treasures

Luckily for me, in my almost 21 years I have not had to deal with death. I have never even been to a funeral. Everyone that I love is still alive. One person that I cherish so much is my grandmother. I know that everyday that passes she gets older, I see the changes in her physically and mentally. In my previous post I spoke about a cloth that me and her had sewn together. That is something that I treasure, but I'm not even sure if she remembers that day like I do.

One day I was at her house and we were "talking". Unfortunately she only knows how to speak spanish and I do not. So when I go over to her house its always like a game of charades trying to communicate with her. When I was getting ready to leave she told me to hold on. She went into her room and brought out this gold necklace. It had a gold chain and it carried a golden picture of Jesus on it. I took it and smiled, I thought to myself why is she giving this to me? This isn't my style of things. But I still took it to make her happy.

When I got home I showed my mom the necklace my grandmother had given me. My mother got this sad disappointed look on her face. She told me to take very good care of that necklace because it is very special to my grandmother (my grandma is very religious). She then proceeded to tell me that my grandma is feeling like she is going to die soon, so she is giving away some of her things. When I first got the necklace it did not mean very much to me, but after I learned that it was something special my grandma wanted me to have, it took on a whole new meaning. The necklace then became a representation of my grandma, and just like the cloth it is now something that will remind me of her and that I will forever treasure.