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almandine

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Sep 03, 2006 19:45

Grampa died yesterday morning. His nurses said he wasn't aware of being in any discomfort at the very end, and I am sure that he knew we were there singing to him on Friday night ( Read more... )

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andreamarie September 4 2006, 00:21:22 UTC

I'm sorry for your family's loss. Losing a grandparent is a difficult thing... I lost my grandfather 2 years ago. He passed away as I was rushing through the 8 hour drive trying to see him one last time. I didn't make it. You're fortunate to have been able to be there with him, comforting him.

almandine September 4 2006, 23:21:33 UTC

Oh that's rough Andrea. It's a hard hard thing - pets and grandparents bring out the most emotion in us - so close to the surface it is.

_sara September 4 2006, 00:26:02 UTC

It's hard to think about him and talk about even his death as a loss. That it might feel like a loss to people means he's enriched all those lives. The loss would be not appreciating him, or forgetting him and what makes him so important to the people who love him.

Meeting your Grampa was a very special experience for me. I'm grateful for the opportunity.

_sara September 4 2006, 00:29:48 UTC

and part of me knows I'm talking out of my ass. You'll never see someone you love ever again. Of course that's a loss. It still feels strange to me to talk about someone so great as lost when he inspired the hearts of people as amazing as you and your dad.

almandine September 4 2006, 23:25:04 UTC

And you're not talking out of your ass - I know that eventually when I stop being so sad, I am going to be able to remember many happy times with him, and carry him with me.
He's free now.

almandine September 4 2006, 23:23:43 UTC

Sara, I am so glad that you met him, and that you met him when he was so much more present than he's been recently.

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almandine September 4 2006, 23:25:33 UTC

Thank you so much Karin. Hug to you too!

jasper17 September 4 2006, 02:57:36 UTC

I'm sorry for your loss.

*hugs*

almandine September 4 2006, 23:19:44 UTC

Thank you. hugs to you.

puffpastry September 4 2006, 03:46:41 UTC

Oh, sweetie, I send you tons of love and good wishes, and I'm thinking good thoughts for your
Grampa as he travels to the next great adventure.

((((hug))))

almandine September 4 2006, 23:18:33 UTC

Thank you Amy. I've been kind of enjoying thinking about the logistics where ever he might be now, and how both of the loves of his life (my father's mother who died young, and Ila, the grandmother I knew) might get along.