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family

Oct 20, 2005 21:55

Tomorrow would be my grandmother's 69th birthday, but she died seven years ago next week. I remember that night, sleeping on my grandparents' family room floor after coming home from the hospital. We hadn't gotten to see Nana that night, but I was too young, too immature to realize that I wouldn't get to see her again. Five years later, my ( Read more... )

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Familia anonymous October 21 2005, 21:24:55 UTC

It is something that is often not remembered at bad times, but what you described is the true meaning of family.
You, "love the hell out of them," and we all love the hell out of you, JP.

Not taking it for granted anonymous October 26 2005, 19:03:04 UTC

Sometimes what we feel is "vicarious", but that's just as real. Its hard for the young and immortal (you're probably still immortal) to understand the concept of "gone forever". It will take each of us all our lives to really understand that.

I envy you and your brothers each other. Not having any and being too much older than my sister to ever be REALLY close it's easy to feel alone in the world. You will "always" have your brothers. Of course I have you all too, and you all mean so much to me.