Comments | dodger_sister: For Parting Is Not Goodbye.

dodger_sister

For Parting Is Not Goodbye.

Aug 31, 2016 23:27

My grandmother passed away yesterday. It looks like she went in an instant, no suffering. And at home, like she always wanted. We tried, since Grandpa passed, to convince her to move to a senior apartment. She wouldn't hear of it. It always broke her heart that Grandpa didn't get to pass at home, and she wasn't going to stand for it herself. ( Read more... )

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crucis01 September 1 2016, 03:41:53 UTC

I am so sorry for your loss.
What a beautiful tribute! You could see the memories and feel you deep feelings for her,
Hugs for all of you.

dodger_sister November 7 2016, 21:05:37 UTC

Thank you. I still miss Grandma very much. I know it gets easier with time, but she's been the only grandparent we've had, in sound mind, for the last five years - (Grandpa passed three years ago, but had dementia before that for a few years) - and I think that makes it all the harder. You're support is appreciated, friend!

ceitfianna September 1 2016, 03:57:13 UTC

*hugs* She sounds like an amazing lady.

dodger_sister November 7 2016, 21:07:06 UTC

I didn't think you ever got the chance to meet Grandma and that is a shame, but she would have loved you. She would have made you tell her everything about New Zealand and then she would have told you about all of her world travels and it would have felt like gossiping with an old friend! <3

bugeyedmonster September 1 2016, 04:10:19 UTC

Sorry for your loss. She sounds like a great person.

dodger_sister November 7 2016, 21:08:15 UTC

Thank you. Grandma was an amazing person and she most certainly made our world brighter. It's been rough without her, but I know that too shall pass.

shirebound September 1 2016, 04:42:24 UTC

What an absolutely wonderful tribute to a remarkable, wonderful woman. Thank you for sharing your grandmother with us.

dodger_sister November 7 2016, 21:18:19 UTC

What an absolutely wonderful tribute to a remarkable, wonderful woman. Thank you for sharing your grandmother with us.

Thank you so, so much. She would have been so embarrassed to think of me 'wasting space on my internet page' writing about her, but she absolutely loved to hear about all of you - all of my friends and writer friends and animal lover friends (you fit all of those bills!) and she always said, "Well, bless that girl from CA for ever coming here for a visit or we wouldn't have our *Liptonrm*." Grandma absolutely made Lipton a part of the family from day 1 and she loved to hear the story of how a 'girl from CA' made it all happen.

shirebound November 7 2016, 21:59:41 UTC

Oh my goodness! You really made my day.

vikingprincess September 1 2016, 14:31:36 UTC

I might be crying just a little bit over here, for you.

dodger_sister November 7 2016, 21:19:55 UTC

I might be crying just a little bit over here, for you

Awww, babe. For the record, Grandma loved you without even knowing you. My teacher friend from TN, oh goodness, what an interesting life I live to have such a group of friends, that one sounds like a hoot! <3

vikingprincess November 8 2016, 02:18:31 UTC

*all choked up*

Thank you for telling me that. I shall endeavor to always be a hoot, then.