Last week, my grandmother (Betty Duley) passed away. She had had a long battle with Parkinsons and it was her time to pass on. It was so hard not to be home with the family at a time like this, but thanks to phone access and skype I was able to say goodbye to her over the phone and talk to the family after she passed on. The blessings of technology. Thankfully I will be able to come home to celebrate her life with my family at her memorial service. I am so thankful. I will be home June 19-26th. She was an incredible woman that lead a selfless and dedicated life for justice. She is such a role model in my life. I'm lucky to call her grandmother. Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers over the next few weeks.
A little funny story that I know my grandma would appreciate is this: After my grandma passed, I wanted to have a little memorial service of my own since I wasn't going home for a while and its important to grieve when you're grieving. So Matt and I collected some wildflowers and let them out into the sea. It was a beautiful and funny because they just wouldn't go - haha the waves were too big, but eventually they did after me pulling up my pant legs and drudging into the ice cold water to release them after the waves crashed onto the shore. It was great. Then we went to dinner (covered in sand). We were excited because we have now learned the language well enough to read. Once we read, we can sometimes figure out what it means..most of the time not, but reading is a start! Anyways, we go to this restaurant, find a table and begin to read. Now keep in mind how quick you can read the menu in the States... fast.. it doesn't take you long. Well for us we have to sound out each syllable of 도부몰 - we have to change each sound, then try to remember if we know what it means....for the whole menu. Anyways it takes awhile. Well the phrase above - I knew was tofu stew but I didn't know the last part. So we thought - let's get it, we know at least half of it. So it comes, a firey red tofu stew (just want we thought we had ordered - perfect!!). We were so proud. Then Matt starts to serve it and we notice fish under the tofu - awesome, an added bonus!! Then we see lots of fish eggs ---- soooooo many fish eggs. Apparently, we ordered a Korean delicacy pregnant fish full of babies in tofu stew - SURPRISE! Neither of us had ever caviar so that was quite an experience. It was surprisingly good. Would I get it again? Maybe not. But Matt thought it was awesome. Haha, I guess I feel bad about eat a pregnant fish and her little babies.. yikes. Anyways, I thought my grandma would have laughed so hard about this little memorial service. It was a good day.
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