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MY DEAR GRANDMOTHER BRANTNER IN HEAVEN

MY DEAR GRANDMOTHER BRANTNER IN HEAVEN:
WHEN GRANDMA WAS ON EARTH, SHE HAD LOVING CHILDREN OF ELEVEN:
    MY MOM, ALWAYS SAID, THAT GRANDMA DID NOT HAVE AN ANGRY BONE IN HER BODY, AT ALL:
    IN MY EYES, SHE STOOD TEN FEET TALL, BUT IN REALITY, SHE WAS PETITE, NEAT AND SMALL:
SHE DID NOT SPEAK AT ALL, VERY MUCH:
SHE WAS BUSY, AND SUCH:
    BUSY GARDENING, COOKING, CLEANING, SEWING, ALL THROUGH THE DAY AND NIGHT:
    BUSY WITH HER LOVING SMILE, MAKING EVERYTHING PERFECTLY RIGHT:
NOT TOO MANY WORDS, DID I EVER HEAR MY GRANDMA BRANTNER SAY:
SHE DID NOT STAND STILL, VERY LONG, SHE STAYED SO BUSY, POSITIVELY, WITH THE MISSION IN MIND, ON HER BUSY DAY:
    MY MOM, TOLD ME GRANDMA, NEVER SPOKE A HARSH WORD, OF ANGER IN HASTE:
    SHE STAYED, SO BUSY, RAISING ELEVEN CHILDREN, COOKING, CLEANING, SEWING, ALL THROUGH THE DAY AND NIGHT, NEVER WITH A MINUTE OF NEGATIVITY, TO WASTE:




BY: JOHN D. JUNGERS:
23---APRIL---2015:


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MY DEAR GRANDMOTHER BRANTNER IN HEAVEN