*sigh*
My grandmother, 99 yrs., passed away today. I miss her even though I barely associated with her in the last years. She was in a long-term home for the last three years after she had fallen and broken her tail bone due to urinal infection She wasn't in the shape to talk much.
The good thing about this is that I could take care of her final needs with my mom. I could comb her hair and change her clothes and send her onto her last journey. Besides, she passed away in her sleep. No pain, no worries, nothing except calmness on her face when I saw her. Now she doesn't need to feel pain anymore and she can go rest beside my grandpa. We covered her in a white flowy linen, folding a cross on it. Then, as somebody had brought fresh flowers for her, I made a tiny bouquet of orange cloves. I wanted my gran to be pretty today.
It's been a long time since I've cried but today the floodgates opened. Felt refreshing. Now she's with her husband, her own daughter and grandchild up there somewhere looking down at me and how I'm doing, keeping her thumbs up like she used to when she still could do it. :)
The good thing about this is that I could take care of her final needs with my mom. I could comb her hair and change her clothes and send her onto her last journey. Besides, she passed away in her sleep. No pain, no worries, nothing except calmness on her face when I saw her. Now she doesn't need to feel pain anymore and she can go rest beside my grandpa. We covered her in a white flowy linen, folding a cross on it. Then, as somebody had brought fresh flowers for her, I made a tiny bouquet of orange cloves. I wanted my gran to be pretty today.
It's been a long time since I've cried but today the floodgates opened. Felt refreshing. Now she's with her husband, her own daughter and grandchild up there somewhere looking down at me and how I'm doing, keeping her thumbs up like she used to when she still could do it. :)