Grannie Frannie

Generations of Mitchells....Mimi, Addie, Pam, and Frannie

Frannie with Addie on her baptism day

Frannie with Jason's Great Aunt Rita

Dressed for the party :-)

Singing and dancing with Addie

Mimi's Thanksgiving visit in 2009

Singing to Addie again....Frannie could spend all day doing that and the kids always loved to listen to her.

Just realized that all my pics include Addie, but not Caden...I think the ones with Caden are on an old computer. They do exist, though!

We lost our Grannie Frannie today at the young age of 91. As Caden would say, "She is up in heaven with Xena, Mommy." For those of you that knew Jason's grandmother, you probably will never forget her. I know that she has been a part of my life for 15 years, and I think of her as my own grandma. She has been there through our happy times and sad, but she always had a spunky energy about her that will be missed. You could spot her coming from miles away in her usual bright purple attire. She was proud of her Maine routes and had a "hankering" for lobster any day of the week. Frannie would talk for hours about her childhood in Maine if you took the time to sit with her. Our little Addie is named after Frannie's grandmother, Adelaide Tasker. She loved to sing to the kids and often filled the room with verses of church hymns or her favorite country western stars like Patsy Cline. Frannie was sure to let Jason know that she hated the Yankees, but loved the Red Sox. On our birthdays, we knew the phone would ring at the crack of dawn and it would be Frannie on the other end. In fact, she not only remembered our birthdays, but even those of our friends, too. Frannie loved owls, which seems fitting because you could say she was such a hoot!

Today Jason and I brought home some of Frannie's costume jewelry and fancy purple hats for the kids to play with to remember her by. They ran around the house so proud to be dressed up like their Great Grannie. We are glad that she was here to meet them and know she loved them dearly.

It only seemed fitting that as Frannie was in the room when Jason was born 35 years ago, he was in the room today as she left us to be with all those that had left her behind. We know she is happy in heaven with all those that she has missed. We find peace in knowing that we will someday join her up there. But until then, we have the sweetest angel watching over us and we are blessed to have had her with us for this long. Frannie, may you rest in peace and may God be with you today and always. We love you!