What I remember most about Mumzy is the dollhouses we would make when I was a child. I remember acting in the plays she was in and Todd directed at the Old Town Hall; even helping her paint some of the signs for the plays. I will always cherish that she encouraged those around her to cultivate their passions.
She was more than a grandmother to me. She was a friend, a confidant. She had a way of making you feel like you were in on a secret even if everyone around you already knew it. She was always smiling it seemed.
When she would tuck me in bed at night during the summers I spent there she’d recite a prayer that always made me feel like nothing bad could happen. It’s one I’ve repeated with Leo a few times. The prayer was:
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take.