What a woman. She has been fighting an unknown degenerative disease for nearly 8 years and today she finally passed on to meet her creator. I have so many wonderful memories with this amazing Grandma. I will never forget the countless days and nights we spent at Grandma and Grandpa Mitchell's playing in the pool, playing games and watching movies. She always made sure we were taken care of and having a good time. She was so genuine and caring. I moved in to live with them almost 3 years ago and lived there for a year and a half. During that time, my friendship with her grew significantly. Whenever I came home from dates, she would always ask how it went and was rooting for me to find someone that I would love enough, and love me enough, to marry. She made me a promise that she would stick around until I got married. She did just that. Patrick and I got married 6 weeks ago, and she was in attendance. It was so sad to see how far she had digressed. She could hardly speak. She didn't have hardly any mobility in her arms and legs. She couldn't eat by herself, do her hair or makeup. She longed to have some sort of independence, but had to depend on others for everything. However, on the day of the wedding as I looked at her in the temple, she was so happy. I couldn't help but feel joy and immediate hope for her return back to heaven. I know that's where she has been longing to be and I am so grateful that she is out of that misery, pain and suffering.
Grandma Mitchell was a woman of great worth, and I have no doubt that she is in a much better place now continuing her work.
I love you so much Grandma and will miss you more than you know.
