Today, I'm sad to announce the passing of my grandmother (Oma), Wilma Lemson. She begins her journey the day before I begin one of my own. I was blessed to have such a wonderful woman in my life who demonstrated selflessness in a way that very few people could. She lived without my grandfather for a long period of her life and lost two sisters but I never saw her complain. She taught me about my dutch heritage and her life was steeped in dutch tradition.
Even as we mourn the departure of someone we loved dearly, in just three short days, my cousin Monique will be bringing a new life into this world. Life is amazing when it transforms into a body and even when it transforms out of a shape we recognize into an energy we have not learned to feel or see.
To my Oma, you were loved and adored more than you could possibly know. I don't want to see you go, but I'm glad you've rejoined with Opa and all the others who've gone before you. I will take your memory with me wherever I go and I know you are in a better place, free of pain, free of the limitations of age, free of obligation, free of worry, free of fear, and surrounded by the essence of life itself which is love. Watch over us and keep us safe.
Rest in Peace.
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