Corey

Mary Ruth Van Fliet, Mary Ruth Clark, Chub.  Girl, Daughter, Sister, Woman, Wife, Mother, Grandmother:  so many different facets.  I stand amazed and in awe when I ponder how one small woman took on all these roles so effortlessly; refined.   This woman we all honor today was my Grandma!

When I was little, I just expected Grandma to do it. She was somehow Super Human and able to do almost anything…well, maybe not dunk a Basketball like Grandpa.  But man, she sure moved at lightning speed!   She would “fly” up to Michigan with Grandpa on the speedy exhaust fumes of their Ford Taurus, take in a grade school performance or game and be back down to Garrett, crafting her magical applesauce, all within a few hours span.  Who did things like this?  GRANDMA.

She would tuck her 12 grandkids in at night but instead of going to sleep, they would be transported off to a far away mystical land of adventure, suspense and a bit of mystery.  Who could do something so amazing?  GRANDMA.
   This woman could do it all!  She birthed six children, was grandmother to 12, she was a master chef, could cross-stitch anything, “sing-up” a good old-fashioned lullaby, was basically a novice builder, electrician, plumber, etc.  You name it, she could do it! Wait!  She really was Super Human, IS Super Human.  I just realized.  If you’re Super Human then you live forever, right?!  You’re indestructible; impenetrable.  Here I thought my analogy to Wonder Woman was going to end.  But it doesn’t, because Grandma was a lover of CHRIST and so she lives on right now.  She transformed; morphed into something new.  She’s GOD’s new creation, dancing on a cloud in Heaven.  I can only imagine how awesome she is now!  WOW!

Thank you, Grandma.  Thank you for leaving this GODLY legacy behind.  Look at the fruit’s of all your labors!  I will miss you and anxiously await our meeting again on the other side.  Until then…  Corey