prayer

prayer

grandma's having a lot of fun.
she usually doesn't stay up late.
it's 11:30 now and we're starting another movie.
transformers. mmm, enticing.
i don't think grandma's gonna like this one.

i found myself wondering today whether or no grandma wears contacts. i've never seen her in glasses. and her eyesight is perfect. she's able to read street signs that even i can't see... with my glasses. some people have it lucky. maybe she's got contacts. who knows? i should ask her sometime.

she's got a lot of funny stories about me from when i was a little kid. things that i didn't even know that i did. grandma remembers everything.

i heard said that the possessions in people's homes and rooms show what they care about. i see it most with people who have pictures in their rooms. my friend seth's room has a lot of album art on the walls from bands he listens to. his walls are pretty bare otherwise. he may have a few other pictures of family members and whatnot, but none that i can recall. his brother evan on the other hand has his shelves filled with pictures of his family and friends. it's amazing.

grandma's got a lot of pictures of family. and jesus. grandma loves jesus. grandma believes in prayer too. i know because she told me. she was praying for my dad and i while we were driving here to long island. she prays in the morning when she wakes up. she prays before bed. she prays constantly. about everything. in everything. when grandma says she'll pray for something, she does. and you can tell. she's truly a loving woman.

i'm gonna miss my grandma. she's still really healthy, but for some reason i've been thinking a lot about the importance of family recently, and logging as much time as i can because i don't know how much time is really left... here at least.

i think the more i start to take what jesus said and apply it to my life, and the more i try to love people... the more i realize how important time with family is. sacrifice at this point becomes essential too. my grandma cried when we left. i don't remember her ever doing that. it was so, so important to visit this time.

god answers prayer. that's what grandma says.