My grandmother died 5 hours ago.
Confusion, denial, sadness, happiness, relief, guilt, regret, depression, peace.
Death is a......I don't know.
My mother called the house at 6pm and told me she was dying. I thought, how can you know she's dying? She's been sick for a while. She's been in and out of the hospital since January. How could you know such a thing? Maybe she's just having a spell, or a bad day. But my mother knew. Half an hour later she was gone.
My parents and aunt and uncle were by her side when it happened. They said the moment before she died, after the priest read her her last rights, she lifted her arms up in the air and then crossed them, as if she were embracing someone, and then she was gone.
If there is a better world after this one, my nana is there....playing bingo and hoping the yankees can get their act together this season.
Confusion, denial, sadness, happiness, relief, guilt, regret, depression, peace.
Death is a......I don't know.
My mother called the house at 6pm and told me she was dying. I thought, how can you know she's dying? She's been sick for a while. She's been in and out of the hospital since January. How could you know such a thing? Maybe she's just having a spell, or a bad day. But my mother knew. Half an hour later she was gone.
My parents and aunt and uncle were by her side when it happened. They said the moment before she died, after the priest read her her last rights, she lifted her arms up in the air and then crossed them, as if she were embracing someone, and then she was gone.
If there is a better world after this one, my nana is there....playing bingo and hoping the yankees can get their act together this season.
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