Week 46-Birthday: Mam-ma’s 99th
My grandmother, Pansy Louise Lancaster, whom we called Mam-ma, lived to about two months shy of her one hundredth birthday. We had great plans to celebrate that milestone, but her health began to fail and she passed away on 8 October 2013. However, we did have a nice 99th birthday celebration at her assisted living home, Courtyards at Pine Creek in Concord, California the day before her actual birthday. All of the family came to celebrate. She was so happy to have all of her six grandchildren, three of her great-grandchildren, and all of the three great-great-grandchildren present for the party. Even her nephew came to help with the celebration. The cake was beautifully decorated with candles but I don’t remember if she was able to blow them out on her own. My sister, Sabrina, took great care with the arrangements and we all had a great time visiting with our grandmother and each other. We got to see Zoe and Noah, the two youngest for the first time. Today, November 19 is her birth...