Yesterday, we said goodbye to my amazing Nanna, Irene Alice Sheldrick. Born 7th October 1913, and taken from us 2nd December 2010, aged 97.
I started off my blog with a dedication to her, some three years ago. She was an amazing woman, she was a grandmother to me and my three cousins, a great grandmother to five, and a great great grandmother to Theo. I’ve never met someone with such strength and dedication. Living through the both World Wars, bringing up my Father, and my Aunt, always being there for everyone, she will be dearly missed.
Words can’t really do justice to say how much she’ll be missed. I like to think she is still with us, and still getting her own way. The funeral director on the day of the service, had to tell us that he had unfortunately forgot to bring the CDs for the service. One of the songs was Goodnight Irene by Nat King Cole. We all firmly believe that this was Nan’s doing, she didn’t want us to say goodbye. I was very lucky to see her the day before she was taken from us, and tell her how much we all loved her. I’ll always have very fond memories of visiting her in my summer holidays, and her doing her morning excercises in her kitchen door way, even at the age of 80.
Rest in piece Nan, say hello to Purple for me.
