Visiting Emmie Ruth Bennett

Today, Jackson and I along with his nana ventured out to see a dear family member that we haven't seen in quite a long time...TOO long actually.  For those of you who don't know who Emmie Ruth Bennett is, she was married to the late Jack Bennett.  If you have been following my posts since we decided on Jackson's name, you will recall the significance of Jack Bennett.  For those of you who are just now joining us, I will give you the short version.  Jack Bennett was a cousin to my grandmother and he passed away in 1995.  Jack and Emmie Ruth were a significant part of our lives as children and Jack loved children and was a wonderful man.  And as Emmie Ruth told me today, "If anyone ever asks you, please tell them that Jack was a wonderful man and a wonderful husband to me."  So, we decided to name Jackson after Jack.  If you want to know more of the story, go back to one of the very first post about Jackson.

I had wanted Jackson to visit Emmie Ruth so I asked my mother to come up for the weekend so that we could go and visit her.  We bought lunch and took it to her and visited for about 3 hours.  Her mind is failing and she repeated herself many, many times while we were there but she was quite a joy to be around.  Jackson enjoyed visiting as well.  When we arrived and we introduced Jackson to Emmie Ruth, she started talking to him and he grinned the biggest grin.  It was so sweet.  He ate twice and took a short little nap in the middle of her living room floor.  When we got ready to leave, I made a picture of Emmie Ruth and Little Jack.  It was such a sweet visit.  We had to end our visit because frankly, I ran of food and only had one diaper left for Little Jack.  She walked us out and as we were driving away, we noticed that she was crying quite a bit.  I don't know if tomorrow she will remember us visiting but she told us when we left today, "This has been the best day of my life.  You have made my day...no, my week...no, all my months."  It was a sweet day.