Kats~

Wednesday night I went out to dinner with my grandma at the Boathouse and then after that we went to the Muny to see Les Miserables. It was a bit hot out but I had a wonderful time with her. My grandma who I am very lucky to still have around, has been through quite a bit in her life. As we were sitting and watching the show and I was listening to others moan and groan about how hot it was and there sat a 68 year old woman who has been through a double lung transplant among other things enjoying every minute of what was presented to her. She would lean over to me at almost every song and say Oh this is my favorite song. She was tapping her feet and humming to the tunes and at first I was a little embaressed by what she was doing, but then I thought to myself... I don't know how much longer she will be here with us and this is what she does when she goes to any show.. just let her enjoy it. By the end of the night I was tapping my feet right along with her. In this short time I learned from her without her knowing I was, that if you live life to the fullest and enjoy it while you still can you will die a happy person. I hope that when I am her age I have grandkids that I can take to the muny and tap my feet and lean over and whisper this is my favorite song. Since this was the last show at the Muny for the season after the show they sang Auld Lang Syne. I was trying to get out of the theater so I could beat traffic, but she wanted to stand there and sing with them. When we got done singing and got into the car she said that she just wanted to sing that in case she wasn't able to make it back next season. This brought a little tear to my eye, but it wasn't sad tears it was tears of joy. I was very joyous and thankful that if in fact she doesn't get to go back I was lucky enough to spend that night there with her. Enjoy the ones that you love while you can and live each day as if it were your last.