Mehi's plate

Last night at dinner I was in the other room and all of a sudden Mehi came to me just a crying. She tried to hold it in but just couldn't. I asked her what was the matter and she said, "Pola wont let me eat on Grandma Donna's plate." It was so sad and I told Pola she had to let Mehi eat on Grandma's plate. You see, we have one plate that came from my mom's house. Before mom left for the hospital (what seems like forever ago) we were at her house. I can't remember what we took home on that plate. But we never gave it back. I refused. I know it sounds dumb but I just wanted something right then that reminded me of my mom. Well, I'm not sure when it started but I started feeding Mehi on that plate. Mehi was a baby when Mom got really sick. All mom could do with her was let her sit on her lap and love on her. When mom was in the hospital Mehi layed down next to her on her bed and actually cried really hard when we had to leave. My mom told her that she was going to grow up to be such a special person and she loved her so much. All my other kids have such strong memories of my mom. But little Mehi doesn't. It makes me sad that all my kids weren't able to get to know her. I know it sounds so dumb but I think it is important that Mehi eats on that plate. Every time she does she thinks about her Grandma. She looks at my mom's picture often and wants to know as much about her as she can. I realize that it is just a plate and it shouldn't matter who eats on it but it matters to me. I don't like when the other kids try to eat on that plate. That plate is a little bond between the baby who only got to sit on Grandma's lap and that special Grandma that is watching over her. Weird I know but I'm not budging on this one. Grandma Donna's plate will always be Mehi's plate!!! Oh Mom, how much you are missed. We love you so much!