Category Archives: Grandma Juvella

Advent Day 22

Today would have been my grandma’s 100th birthday had she not passed away last August. The text chain among my extended family went wild with memories and photos. This one of her and Sophia was particularly endearing. (That afghan on the chair was a church project but sadly went to Goodwill when the house was […]

Bless You

Today is the first anniversary of my grandma’s death.  I feel tender and grateful. Growing up I got to spend a lot of time with her and I have many good memories.   Yesterday Laynie shared in our extended family text that since Grandma died, she has repeated noticed 12:12 on the clock.  Her research indicated […]

Ode to Grandma

Today was the funeral for my sweet grandma, Juvella Johnson. Her celebration of life was an unexpected family reunion of my dad, his siblings, most of my cousins and many of the great grandkids. Grandma’s funeral mass was celebrated at St. Agatha Church on a beautiful sunny morning and just as had happened when Grandpa […]