A new beginning

This is my first blog post. I've had this blog for a while, but never knew where to start in talking about my life until this week. Unfortunately, on Tuesday, September 14, my grandma, Iris Cohen Angel passed away at the age of 77. It was a huge shock as she was still up and about as usual just hours before her death. I sort this last four days in Seattle with my family and it made me think about life and how precious it is, and how quickly it can be taken away. I also had many talks with my cousins and aunts and uncle about how important family is and how much we will have to work to keep in touch and keep out family together now thy Gram is gone. She was the glue that held the family together and she took such joy in being a part of this family. Her greatest joys were the youngest branch of the family, her three great grandsons. It is such an ironic bittersweet happening that in the same week she passed away, she would have learned that two of her grandchildren would tell her that she would be getting two more great-grandchildren at the end of May/ beginning of June 2011. Both my cousin Jenny and I are expecting only one week apart. She would have been so happy! I just wish I could call her up and tell her. I want to share this joy with her. I can only hope that she knows...