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Grandpa

Let me start out by saying this - if you are a member of my family, there is a possibility that you will NOT want to read this entry. I need to get some things out there (therapy costs too much, so this is the next best thing) and I do not want your perceptions changing when it comes to me talking about Grandpa's cremation. Any person reading this who knows me knows that my grandpa meant the absolute world to me. He was the one male in my life who treated me with respect no matter what I did, he was never mean to me, he loved me for the person I was and for the person that I wanted to become. When I was growing up, I was a terrible teen, which made living with my grandparents a chore for us all. I would stay out late without calling, I stole their vehicles, and I had parties when they were gone. Somehow they managed to still love me. When Grandpa got sick and it was pretty much inevitable that he was going to die, I prayed that God would take me instead. I felt like I...

Quick Update

So the last time I blogged was 2 days before I gave birth to my son. He came early, despite what I thought. Needless to say, he just turned a year old yesterday. Hard to believe. The other major thing that has happened since then is that Grandpa passed away. It was decided that he would go on Hospice and live out his remaining days at home. The doctor's weren't able to do anything more for him and the pain was just too much. I hate that he's gone, but I am glad that he's not suffering anymore. It was becoming more and more difficult to visit him and Grandma and see the pain in his face... watch him lose more and more weight every day... Last weekend we had a memorial for him at the cemetary, with a nice family bar-b-que afterwards. My mom and uncles put together a memorial garden at Grandma's house so that she can sit on the benches people gave her at the funeral and just think about him. I haven't seen the finished product, but I'm sure it's beautif...