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Mar. 24, 2008
Goodbye, Granddaddy
I'm not really feeling much like blogging, but I thought I would give a brief update of recent events.
My grandfather (my dad's dad) passed away on Thursday afternoon. This was not a shock for me because he had been suffering with cancer for quite a while. However, I'm not sure the knowledge that the day was coming made it any easier. It has been a rough weekend. Because some of the family were out of town due to Spring Break week, the services were postponed until Sunday, so it made for a very long weekend for the rest of us. We buried Granddaddy on Easter Sunday. Grandma seems to be handling things pretty well considering she just lost her husband of 57 years--and she is trying to fight off pneumonia herself--she told Daddy today that she was okay, but she doesn't want to be alone yet. So, he is going to stay with her tonight. She has really been relying on my dad because he is her oldest son (and the second oldest child of 10) and he is a rock in hard times. I feel badly for him not just because he just lost his dad, but because he really hasn't had the time to just grieve because he has been being so strong for all of his siblings and his mom--not to mention for all of us kids and his nieces and nephews. He's really had a rough couple of weeks as he has lost a co-worker and his dad within just a short time. As for myself, I am hanging in there and trying to move forward. I am doing pretty well most of the time, and I am trying to make life as normal as possible for my girls--and trying to honestly answer their multiple questions about death, life, and sadness.
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Mar. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Pam