My Native American Grandma
My grandma lived in Porum, Oklahoma located near the south end of Muskogee County just north of the Canadian River. She was a full blood Cherokee. She regularly attended singings and on occasion would sing in Cherokee. Although she did not live on the land alloted to her family during the land allotments of the early 1900s, she lived in the same area a couple of miles down the road. My dad was born at a home near there. However, a portion of their alloted land was used so that a schoolhouse could be built. My dad attended this one room schoolhouse until the eighth grade and later graduated from Porum High School.
A few years ago my grandma went to live with my aunt and her husband. My dad, his brothers and sister did not want to put her in a nursing home and I thank God for that. In 2008 I went to go see my dad and he told me that his sister could no longer care for my grandma and that she had to put her in a nursing home. I said to my dad that I would rather see her go to heaven than to be in that place. He said, "That's what I'm praying". I told him I would join him. That was on a Thursday. On Monday morning my dad called me up and said that my grandma had passed away. I said well I know where she is at. God answered our prayers and got my grandma out of that nursing home and took her to heaven. I thank God for his mercy to not let my grandma stay in that nursing home.
A few months prior to this my brother, Misty and I got to spend some time with her. I asked her about Jesus. She said I talk to him everday.
God Bless
Anthony
6/4/2010