1/6 of Granna's Girls
I have been dreading this post for the entire month of January, but today is the day. I am writing to you with tears rolling down my cheeks, and photos of my childhood on my lap. On January 22nd, 1951, one of the most influential people of my lifetime was born. Born to the name Willie Jo Janes, daughter of Irene and Ernest. She lived an amazing life, and to love her was to know her. But, to be her granddaughter was so unbelievably special. I shared this privilege of being her granddaughter with 5 other girls. Ashley, Karsen, Molly, Kaitlin, Kiley, and I were Granna's girls. Many of our greatest childhood memories took place at 2262 Lakeview Court. We spent so many summer days modelling our latest dress-up fashions, or catching frogs in the pond out back. We'd play explorers with the neighbor kids next door. We'd spend every Easter searching for the next clue to our scavenger hunt, following an Easter Egg hunt. She loved her girls. There wasn't anything she wouldn...
