Rest in Peace Grandma (6/27/1914 – 3/12/2007)

Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my Grandmother, Anne Schmidt’s, passing.

She was the mother of two, the grandmother of five, and the great-grandmother of one.

She was 92 when she died. It seemed she had made up her mind to live long enough to meet her great-granddaughter, Katie. She died a few months after making the trip to LA for Katie's Christening.

She was a single-mother before it was fashionable, raising 2 young children after her husband walked out on her. She lived with her brothers so that my mother and uncle had male role models, but remarrying was never an option. She was a devout Catholic and remarriage or even dating was not something she would do. She was the sweetest, kindest person I have ever known. I miss you Grandma.