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14-Feb-2019

For Valentine’s here’s my Crawford grandparents at my sister’s wedding. There’s the love. May we all find happiness under the sky. Joe & Jean you are missed.

22-Dec-2018

My Grandma at Marshall Scotty’s

I love this photo of my grandma holding a camera taking my photo just and I take hers. Out at Marshall Scotty’s and taking photos and having fun with her kids and grandkids. She was less mobile because of a stroke and goodness gracious that was a burden for her to bear but look at…

14-Oct-2018

My grandmother, Jean wrote this note in 1993. Landline. Erin’s been my friend a long time. My grandma was more than 10 years out from the stroke that changed her life and forced her to re-learn everything, including writing. It was also the era when I’d come back to San Diego on vacation. I miss her. I disagreed with her consistently but loved her dearly.

09-May-2016

Mother’s Day.

1949 1955 1960 1966 1977 1983 1988 1994 2005 These are the years that my Mom, Phyllis Crawford‘s birthday fell on a Sunday, the second Sunday in may — Mother’s Day. In my kid-memory her birthday always fell on Mother’s Day which was just another way she was perfect. But the truth is memory is…

12-May-2011

Jean Crawford Obituary

Jean (McCrainor) Crawford, 90, of San Diego, beloved Mom and Grandma, passed away in her sleep in her Clairemont home on April 26, 2011. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska on September 20, 1920. She was the youngest of three daughters born to William and Emily McCrainor. Her father died when she was 3 and…

06-May-2011

Medication Board for Grandma

In my Grandma’s last weeks, keeping track of her medications grew more complicated. She was unable to swallow some meds, and at other times refused them. Bedridden, her needs would change. This board was an effort to keep everything straight for all us caregivers. Also: San Diego Hospice was great.

07-Mar-2011

Mother Mary Comforts Me

So here’s a photo from the room I’m staying in at Grandma’s house: And here’s a photo, maybe a year or so old, of my Grandmother: On Friday I opened an account for her on Facebook. She used to be an avid emailer. In fact, her email addresses was one of the first I used,…