Upon searching through pictures on my computer I came across this picture. I think it is the only picture I have of Spencer and Grandma Virginia together. This picture was taken at the beginning of this year.
Spencer knew Grandma before her stroke, but only for about a year. She was living at my parents house when Mike and I were engaged and he got to know her then. She always commented on how cute and handsome he was. He also went with Mike and I quite a few times to visit her in the nursing home after her stroke. I am sure he didn't love going there but he was always really sweet about it and would give her hugs and tell her he loved her.
The other old ladies at the nursing home loved him because he was so cute. They always wanted to talk to him. One time during meal time we went and sat with Grandma in the cafeteria. This old woman sitting at the table put her hands up to her eyes like she was looking through binoculars. She was talking about all she saw and then she looked at Spencer (still with the binoculars) and said, "I see you! I can see you..." Then she quickly took down the "binoculars" and said, "BOO!" We all jumpped. Spencer's eyes got huge and he looked at me like, "This woman is CRAZY!!" I just started laughing so hard and then he started laughing and the woman smiled. My other favorite time was also in the cafeteria when this woman kept telling me how cute he was and then she said, "Is he a boy?" I didn't understand what she meant and I asked her what she meant and she said, "Is he a boy or a girl?" I told her he was a boy (of course)! And she said, "Well these days you just never can tell." Those old ladies were so funny. We'll miss visiting them--and especially miss visiting Grandma Virginia, but I know she's in a better place and that she is happier.
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