{"id":14774,"date":"2014-09-02T17:31:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T21:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=14774"},"modified":"2015-01-10T21:37:38","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T02:37:38","slug":"meet-the-most-amazing-women-to-me-that-ever-lived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2014\/09\/meet-the-most-amazing-women-to-me-that-ever-lived.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Most Amazing Women (To Me) That Ever Lived…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\u2026 Meet my granma, Katherine. The lady I was named after. <\/p>\n

To me she was the most wonderful woman that ever lived. Today would have been her birthday. <\/p>\n

Born in 1922, she was witness to many of modern history\u2019s major events. She volunteered with the USO and sang for the troops. She had a terrible singing voice but always added with a wink, \u201cthe boys never much cared about how I sounded<\/em>.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Her friends called her Sissy, the soldiers called her a Looker. <\/p>\n

I wish I had asked her for more stories about her life, what she\u2019d seen, and what she experienced. Sadly, I also wish I had been at least half as interested in her life as she was in mine. You can\u2019t tell teenagers anything. <\/p>\n

However, I am grateful for the time we got to spend together her last two years. She moved to Charlotte and saw her grandson every weekend. My boy could make her laugh and laugh. She had the best laugh and this twinkle to her eyes that only granmas seem to have. <\/p>\n

She was my favorite person. Ever. Growing up, it was her house I ended up at every time I ran away from home. She never once called me stupid, even when I was doing something profoundly stupid \u2013 which I typically was. She also never called me worthless or had a critical thing to say. There was no young trauma that she couldn\u2019t soothe with a patient smile, a listening ear, and glass of sweet tea. <\/p>\n

She also taught me all I ever needed to know about music<\/a>. <\/p>\n