{"id":1781,"date":"2014-08-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/organisme-de-bassin-versant-de-la-yamaska\/grandma-betty-instagram-star\/"},"modified":"2020-09-14T16:27:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T16:27:34","slug":"grandma-betty-instagram-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/news\/grandma-betty-instagram-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma Betty: Instagram star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tGrandma Betty: 706,000 followers mourn the beloved Instagram star<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWatch this video to discover the ingenious and inspiring way a family chose to document the final days of their 80-year old grandmother who had lung cancer.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t&ldquo;I&rsquo;m The World&rsquo;s Grandma!&rdquo; &#8211; Grandma Betty<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tPerusing her photos, Instagram account and Facebook page quickly attests to her popularity; Grandma Betty also received thousands of cards and words of encouragement from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t*The video is only available in English.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FyrH6b4OSws?rel=0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>\n\tGrandma Betty&rsquo;s Instagram<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tBelow are a few photos from Grandma Betty&rsquo;s Instagram account (for those of you who cannot access it): @grandmabetty33 &#8211; created by her grandson, Zach Beldon.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/grandmabetty33\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"522\" src=\"\/images\/grandma betty.png\" width=\"650\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tClick on the previous image to see all of Grandma Betty&rsquo;s photos.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Be Happy, Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"200\" src=\"\/images\/grandma betty 3.png\" width=\"200\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Boxing, Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"200\" src=\"\/images\/grandma betty 4.png\" width=\"200\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pictures, Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"200\" src=\"\/images\/grandma betty 5.png\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cake, Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"200\" src=\"\/images\/grandma betty 6.png\" width=\"200\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"200\" src=\"\/images\/grandma betty 7.png\" width=\"200\" \/>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hands, Love, Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"200\" src=\"\/images\/grandma betty 9.png\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>\n\tPositive, dynamic and mostly inspiring!<\/h2>\n<p>\n\tAfter a courageous battle against lung cancer, Grandma Betty passed away last Saturday (August 2, 2014) at the age of 80.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBelow are the words of her family, who wrote a heartfelt message on Instagram to announce her death:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\n\t\t&ldquo;After a much needed night of rest, Grandma has come to peace with her battle of Lung Cancer. Although Grandma Betty is no longer physically with us, she will forever be in the hearts of the millions of people she touches every single day. Grandma Betty did not lose her battle to cancer, because her legacy she has left behind will inspire millions of people to #Smile, #BeHappy, and #StayHappy no matter what. The fight has ended. The battle is won.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"136\" src=\"\/images\/grandma betty 11.png\" width=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tBecome a member of the big R&eacute;sidences Soleil family by following us on social media:<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/lrsoleil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Instagram, Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"40\" src=\"\/images\/instagram(1).jpg\" width=\"40\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LRSoleil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook, Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"40\" src=\"\/images\/facebook-logo.jpg\" width=\"40\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LRSoleil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter, Grandma Betty, Instagram, Instagram star, Les Residences Soleil\" height=\"42\" src=\"\/images\/Twitter-Vector-Icon(1).jpg\" width=\"42\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grandma Betty: 706,000 followers mourn the beloved Instagram star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"global_category":[],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3523,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions\/3523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1781"},{"taxonomy":"global_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/residencessoleil.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global_category?post=1781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}