My Grandma Hawes didn’t know it at the time, but all those moments, minutes, and hours spent visiting provided me with a lifetime of memories that I hold dear to this day. 

She’s been gone awhile now. That day in May when we buried her, the air was filled with the sound of the songbirds and I knew how much grandma loved to hear their sweet melody, so their songs seemed very appropriate at the time and seemed to give me a bit of peace. 

The greatest legacy my grandmother left was a treasure box full of memories. She built a collection that will last a lifetime.  

I am fortunate to have my grandma’s glass rolling pin that she received as a wedding gift when she and her husband Howard were married in 1928.

This rolling pin is the old-timey glass kind that you fill with cold water so the dough won’t stick while rolling out pie crust. 

When I was little, grandma often baked pies in her “fancy, big” kitchen with tall, dark and beautiful cabinets. grandma did all of her baking early in the morning so that the oven wouldn’t “heat up the…