About a month later, my mom, Barb, and I recieved an e-mail from Kathy, Alisha's mom. She was explaining how her 87 year old mother, (Alisha's grandmother) Loretta, her sister (Alisha's aunt), Pam and herself were going to be traveling to Shreveport Louisiana for a girls trip. Alisha was planning on driving 3.5 hours to Shreveport from Dallas to surprise her grandmother whom she hadn't seen in a few years. Then Alisha had the idea that I also join them, to surprise both Loretta and Pam and to meet Kathy for the first time.
So, on June 10th, I met for the first time, my grandmother Kathy, my great-aunt Pam, and my great-grandmother Loretta. It was a great experience beat out only by my first reunion with Alisha. Grandma Loretta (who I greatly admire for her love and faith in Jesus) began to cry, because for the last 19 years she was only able to question if she would ever meet her first great-grandchild. Aunt Pam immediatly began to tell me all about her husband and her life in Louisiana (Pam is the sweetest, cutest southern woman I have ever met!!!) and Kathy just wanted to hug me :)
We had a great weekend. Anywhere we went, if we needed a photo taken, Loretta would proudly announce that we were a group of 4 generations. Kathy took me shopping, like any sweet grandmother would, we went out to eat, I showed them all my scrapbooks, and Alisha had found a photographer to take pictures of this special time.
Those women made a mark on my heart that I will not soon forget. It made me more excited for the future, and to see what is to come. What's next? I have no idea. But I know it will be marvelous!
