So now its time for a serious post...
This has been a very emotional weekend....Friday my mom went to reno cus it was her birthday leaving my dad home alone. usually on fridays he plays vollyball, but this friday it got cancled, so i was a little worried about him. I called him at about 6pm and he was already pretty smashed...So I went home and ran some errends as fast as I could cus I was worried, but i still didnt get there till 9. I really love my dad and it is hard knowing how much he is hurting right now. I hung out for a little while and made sure he was ok and then i had to go home.
Saturday I had a rehersal for the football game in the morning, and then me and jeff went to my grandpas memorial. There were so many people there it was really nice. In 4 hours they had about 100 people coming and going throught the house. you couldnt even walk around it was so crowded. Everyone was laughing and jokeing and telling stories about my grandpa. So many people brought food and there must have been 50 flower arrangements. My grandma told me that she didnt want people to bring flowers she wanted people to donate to charity instead, but she forgot to put that in the newspaper. Some people did donate and she is giving most of it to the synphony league. (they give scholorships to highschoolers for lessons and college, and also repair school instruments) I wish i could have stayed longer but i had to go back to our football game. (we lost...)
Sunday my grandma had planed a pumpkin carving and birhtday celebration before my grandpa died and she decided to go ahead and have it. It was nice to just have the family together. we carved pumpkins and watched the football game, and then we sat down to dinner. My uncle Doug (hes the oldest) started trying to say something but couldnt he just started crying...and that started everyone crying. My Grandma eventually said "today is the beginning of our lives without Jim, yesterday was the end. Just make sure you live your lives the way you should, dont waste your time playing videogames, or sitting around. go and get what you want and make something of yourselves. Its what he would have wanted." After that we all tosted my grandfather. It was good to be able to openly grieve with the whole family. I nkow we will all get through this...it will just take time.
Saturday I had a rehersal for the football game in the morning, and then me and jeff went to my grandpas memorial. There were so many people there it was really nice. In 4 hours they had about 100 people coming and going throught the house. you couldnt even walk around it was so crowded. Everyone was laughing and jokeing and telling stories about my grandpa. So many people brought food and there must have been 50 flower arrangements. My grandma told me that she didnt want people to bring flowers she wanted people to donate to charity instead, but she forgot to put that in the newspaper. Some people did donate and she is giving most of it to the synphony league. (they give scholorships to highschoolers for lessons and college, and also repair school instruments) I wish i could have stayed longer but i had to go back to our football game. (we lost...)
Sunday my grandma had planed a pumpkin carving and birhtday celebration before my grandpa died and she decided to go ahead and have it. It was nice to just have the family together. we carved pumpkins and watched the football game, and then we sat down to dinner. My uncle Doug (hes the oldest) started trying to say something but couldnt he just started crying...and that started everyone crying. My Grandma eventually said "today is the beginning of our lives without Jim, yesterday was the end. Just make sure you live your lives the way you should, dont waste your time playing videogames, or sitting around. go and get what you want and make something of yourselves. Its what he would have wanted." After that we all tosted my grandfather. It was good to be able to openly grieve with the whole family. I nkow we will all get through this...it will just take time.