Grandmother........

GRANDMOTHER.....Actually Zane Jordan was my step grandmother. She married my grandfather when she was quite young.....my mother was only a few years younger than she was.....and there was always this tension that existed.....which if the truth be known was all about sharing this man they both loved.

But the past is the past and what I really remember about this amazing woman was her grit ....her humor and the capacity for life. At 95 she was on the tractor mowing the cow pasture. She still could bake the flakiest home made biscuits and her cream corn was to die for.

The last time I saw her she was in the hospital and I was so glad I made the effort to see her. She told me of her great faith in the Lord and how she had learned to forgive. And I think in her mind the forgiving part was as important to her salvation as was her genuine faith.

Part Cherokee Indian, she was a gorgeous young woman who made her way in the world when it was not easy for a woman. She carved her place in Capitola and became a respected and much loved pillar of that tiny village which is not so very far away from Tallahassee.

The day these pictures were  taken by my nephew Andrew Rutherford was the annual Jordan Family Reunion that use to occur every July 4.....time marches on...but memories of this wonderful lady and all she represents are with us forever.......