Monday, January 24, 2011

She Was Always Willing To Play With Kids

I have received many responses this weekend, and I want to say thank you to everyone. Keep them coming! You have until Tuesday. ~Love, Stacie

Today's post in our "Honoring Martha" series comes from my son, Levi Knapp.
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I always called Grandma Ormsbee.....Ormy. She was always willing to play with kids. She liked to be outside. I remember going in the woods behind her house and exploring. I remember playing in the yard with her. Sometimes we would lay on our backs in the backyard and listen to sounds.

I remember her toy box. We played bowling with pins and the bowling ball in her living room. Once she let me have a toy pilot from the toy box to add to my army man collection.

I always ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches there. And candy.

When I was very little I used to call the tower that we could see from her house, “Ormy's Tower.”

My mom has been saying that Ormy is the Fruit of the Spirit. I memorized that verse about four months ago.

I loved Ormy and I still do.

~Levi 

Amie, Grandma, Audie and Levi
Grandma and Levi
Grandma and Levi
Levi, Genna and Grandma in Grandma's backyard

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Thanks so much for writing this, Bud! ~Love, Mom

2 comments:

Dolly said...

Thanks, Levi, for talking about Ormy. That simple cardboard box , so full of inexpensive treasures, amazing how it can hold such precedence in our memories. Ormy wanted everyone to feel happy in her home, right down to a toy box for the kids.

Did you ever spread a blanket on the ground at night and lay there and stare at the stars? That's a memory of mine from my Grandma Harvey and Ormy. Beautiful and free!

I love you,
Aunt betty

amie said...

Ormy used to do so many of those things with us to Levi. She was so happy when you were born and when you would come to play. Your Mom and I would hardly see her at all because she was off playing with you and Genna too when she came along. I am glad you love her, we all do! Now when you think of that memory verse you can think of Ormy too. Love you!