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i went home this weekend. and when i say home, i mean illinois, but not even to my parents house in urbana. i made it to nokomis, world's smallest, dumpiest town where my dad grew up. my 88 year old grandma passed away last wednesday...my namesake. my whole family flew in from across the country to be there for our parents and grandpa. it was such a sad weekend, my eyes are still puffy and i'm all cried out. but it was also joyful b/c it was her time to go, and seeing her laying there with her favorite hat and her rosary draped over her hands, i just felt so at peace...and i know everything is the way it should be.
it was a weekend full of mourning and laughter. my family is just so wonderful at missing her and loving her and being appropriately sad, but at laughing at things mom used to do or the ridiculousness of our specifically davito way of mourning. (we sang the alma mater at her visitation. it was beauitiful, humorous and when we finished liz said "i bet grandma is laughing her ass off up there"). so. long hard weekend, but i'm back and refreshed.
i ran into this guy i work with at the st. louis airport. i was like, barrett, where are you going? what are you DOING here??? he said, back home to colorado. i said ME TOO, and it turns out we were on the same flight. we did the crossword (totally kicked its ass) and drove home together from denver. it was just so bizarre.
it was a weekend full of mourning and laughter. my family is just so wonderful at missing her and loving her and being appropriately sad, but at laughing at things mom used to do or the ridiculousness of our specifically davito way of mourning. (we sang the alma mater at her visitation. it was beauitiful, humorous and when we finished liz said "i bet grandma is laughing her ass off up there"). so. long hard weekend, but i'm back and refreshed.
i ran into this guy i work with at the st. louis airport. i was like, barrett, where are you going? what are you DOING here??? he said, back home to colorado. i said ME TOO, and it turns out we were on the same flight. we did the crossword (totally kicked its ass) and drove home together from denver. it was just so bizarre.