RIP Mary Cuber
Well, this is the last one of these posts I'll write, which is probably a good thing as I don't particularly like to talk about people dying very much. As it is, my dad's mom died this morning at 7:30 am.
Given that she was a month shy of ninety and getting progressively worse physically, her death is not much of a surprise. It was more shocking that it happened less than two days after my mom and I got into an epic battle over my grandmother than that it happened at all. Plus, given how unhappy my grandma has been since my grandpa died and how unhealthy she had grown recently, it's probably a blessing that it's over with. As I've said with the death of my grandfathers, I'm sad but it's not a paralyzing sadness because my grandma checked out a long time ago and I've been saying good bye for years. Honestly, I think the fact that this is a dramatic reminder of what we went through with my father is more of an issue. I'm not looking forward to dealing with the aftermath of the funeral if it sets my mom off. (Though we might get lucky if the Catholic mass numbs her to the sadness...)
Grandma's funeral will be Friday. As requested by the lady herself, it will be a private, simple affair: Catholic mass followed by a graveside service. I'll be taking Thursday and Friday off of work to help my mom take care of things.
Given that she was a month shy of ninety and getting progressively worse physically, her death is not much of a surprise. It was more shocking that it happened less than two days after my mom and I got into an epic battle over my grandmother than that it happened at all. Plus, given how unhappy my grandma has been since my grandpa died and how unhealthy she had grown recently, it's probably a blessing that it's over with. As I've said with the death of my grandfathers, I'm sad but it's not a paralyzing sadness because my grandma checked out a long time ago and I've been saying good bye for years. Honestly, I think the fact that this is a dramatic reminder of what we went through with my father is more of an issue. I'm not looking forward to dealing with the aftermath of the funeral if it sets my mom off. (Though we might get lucky if the Catholic mass numbs her to the sadness...)
Grandma's funeral will be Friday. As requested by the lady herself, it will be a private, simple affair: Catholic mass followed by a graveside service. I'll be taking Thursday and Friday off of work to help my mom take care of things.