Searching for a direction

It's been days since I've blogged about one of the many awesome people who positively impact my life. I'm changing directions a bit since the inception of this blog (1 week ago! ha!). I'm torn, as I want to continue to acknowledge amazing people, but at the same time, the structure of writing about awesome people every day sometimes feels like a machine, and also a vitamin. And I hate doling out vitamins. Not that anyone's reading this, but...

However, since today is my Grandma's birthday, and since she is an innately awesome person, I must celebrate her a bit. She had 9 kids in 20 years, one of whom died at age 5 of leukemia. There was very little money to go around, but evidently lots of love, as my mom and aunts and uncles all adore her to this day. She is a grandmother to 19, great grandmother to 18. She never misses a birthday or Christmas (8 kids + 19 grandkids + 18 great grandkids= 45 people! And I'm sure she acknowledges other friends/family too!). She is exceedingly patient with all of the kids. She is warm and funny and easy to be around. We're lucky to have such a cool matriarch in this family.