Photo Challenge - Day 7

Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item

This one was a hard one because I have two "items" that I consider treasured items.

As far back as I can remember, when we were growing up my grandmother , aka Nannie, had a heart and passion for Jesus Christ.  She taught children sunday school for many many years until she was unable to do it anymore. My Mom sang in the choir so, me and my brother always sat with our Nannie on the second row. When we would stand up to sing hymns our Nannie would always sing louder than everyone in the congregation. Her favorite song was "Victory in Jesus" and you better believe when we sang that song she cranked it up a few notches!  When our Nannie entered any room you could tell that she had a heart for God.  If for some reason we missed a sunday at church , Nannie would call us right after she got home and want to know where we were.

Our Nannie would always tell us that when Jesus was ready to take her to Heaven she was ready.  Our Nannie was called  to be with Jesus 3 years ago. I remember sitting with Nannie about a week before she passed away and she wanted me to read the Bible to her. So I grabbed her Bible , the one that she had used for many many years and read some scripture to her. At this time her dementia had become so severe she could not speak but I know that she comprehended everything that I read .  One of my most treasured possessions is my Nannie's bible. It sits on the table as you walk in to our front door.  This bible has notes written in it, people she prayed for, bookmarks , etc. It is so very special to me ! I love it when people come in and ask me about the bible and I can explain to them what a wonderful woman of God she was.  

The other item that is so very special to me , is my first born son's footprint necklace. The first mothers day after we lost Carter was obviously extremely difficult.  My mother decided to make is so very special. While at the hospital when I delivered Carter, she asked the nurse to do his footprints for her to have a copy. She mailed her copy off to a place she found online and they copied his actual footprint and engraved it into a necklace.  The stone is his birthstone and on the back of the necklace is his name and his birth/death date. It is so very special to me and I wear it all the time.  It reminds me that Carter will always be with me whereever I go and will forever be our angel in Heaven.  How beautiful is this necklace?