Family Poetry: Honoring Loretta

My amazing grandmother My grandmother died exactly 35 years ago today. I think of her often and wish we had time together now. She had such stories to tell. Her travels to Asia in the 1920s are only documented by a few photos. As a young girl I recognized and appreciated her spirit of adventure and independence. She knew how to live in the moment and create her home wherever she lived. Through her I learned to create a feeling of home anywhere I set my shoes. My great-aunt Molly wrote the following poem honoring her older sister, my grandmother. We drove to the marina and parked On a strange, a dream like day. The sky was a breath-taking blue, And a light breeze rippled the bay. Such beauty pierces the heart, And we had nothing to say - For Loretta loved the song of the sea, And Loretta died today.