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Death Of Grandparent
Loss Of Grandparent Page

 


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Death of Grandparent...

Welcome to the "Lost Grandparent" page. Grandparents hold a special place in our hearts, and when we lose them, we lose a special kind of love. When your Grandma or Grandpa dies, you might feel guilty if you have been "neglecting" them, not spending much time with them. You are sure to miss their unique wisdom and common-sense advice born from decades of living. Losing your grandparent may also force you to confront your own mortality (feeling a little older and vulnerable yourself?)

May you begin to heal by telling others about the loss of your own special Grandparent, and also find some comfort in similar stories posted by other bereaved "grandchildren".

Ready to tell your story?  It's very easy, and there is no cost. Just click in and start writing below:

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Lost grandfather today, jan 24 
My grandfather was the rock of our family. Ever since I was a child I would call grandma and grandpa's house to talk. They are like parents, and the ...

Lost my Grandad today JANUARY 4th 2012 
He was the best grandad you could ever wish for, more like a second father, used to protect me when my dad would try and beat me when I was a kid, always ...

feeling alone  My gran passed away just before christmas, and it came as a massive shock. I received a phone call from my mum telling me that she had had a stroke the ...

missing my grandmother and my friend  I miss my grandmother. She was such a strong person and an independent spirit. She was widowed at a young age but still managed to raise 4 kids on her ...

Feeling lost :(  I am feeling so lost at the moment. People keep telling me I will get better but I feel like I NEVER will. I lost My Grandad recently-the only one I had ...

Miss my Grandparents so much :(  My Grandad(dad's father) died when I was 8 years old of Stomache cancer. He was a really funny guy and would always make me laugh, he used to take me and ...

the day she breathe her very last  on 19/11/2011 my auntie missed call mi that my grandma had breathing difficulties.I went down 2 buy breakfast 4 my daddy,I pray 2 Jesus Christ that my ...

Still Too Traumatized To Move On  When I was 13, my grandmother passed away while I was spending the night at her house. I called 911 and did everything I could, but it was too late. The ...

My Angel up Above  My grandfather died May 12 of 2011 the day before my 29th birthday. I was in the hospital with my family, as my grandmother held his hand as he took his ...

debbie barnatt  hi. my name is debbie and i am 48 yrs old. my grandad died 4 yrs ago. he was 95. i really cant describe him, but if you asked anyone, he was the nicest ...

my gran june daphne pansy frape  My gran passed away today 4/10/11 i dnt understand why i feel nothing yh it is a releif cos shes been in vegetative state for yrs but why do i feel nothing ...

I Wish...  I wish i could have seen my grandfather before he passed but my mom wouldn't let me go to the hospital. I wish he didn't have to die right after he started ...

wish i could turn back time i miss you my beautiful grandparents!  okay so i was 15 when i lost my grandad to neumonia on the 25th january 2010:'( it was so horrible to loose him seen as though i was so so so close to ...

Two grandmothers, a deep love, and my tears  Click each photo to enlarge

I am 36 years old now, and within the last seven months, I have lost both of my grandmothers. Nanny was my father's mother....

Losing my Grandfather to Cancer  About a year ago we found out he had cancer in his throat. He did tons of radiation and doctors were sure cancer was gone. Unfortunately they were wrong....

My Grandpa  I was on a trip with my other grandparents when my grandpa died. I still cry even though it was 10 months ago. I miss him so much. It wasn't his time to ...

I just want my grandpa back  I cant stop crying today. all day at work i had to go into the bathroom just to cry, then compose myself. at points it gets so bad i feel like i cant breath ...

The several griefs of 8th grade  My middle schools years were never that wonderful. I got bullied and was failing. On top of it all, my grandma died on thanksgiving and my grandpa had ...

HEARTBROKEN  I lost my grandfather 5 weeks ago,it was a very unexpected loss something that i thought would never happen, i feel as though my life without him is very ...

My granddaughters story....  My Granddaughter is 12 years old. She loved my Mother who was 87. In December my Mother was put in the hospital an suffered a heart attack. We all went ...

i am so lost  i lost my grandma a year ago and i still feel that it is my fault that she is died. i still cry when it comes to her birthday

Just lost my grandmother a few hours ago  the best emotion to describe how I'm feeling now is numb. I am 30 years old and lost my grandmother at 7:30pm tonight. It's now about 11 and I am just ...

MY SON CANNOT GET PAST HIS GRANDMOTHERS DEATH HE BLAMES HIMSELF AND WISHES HE COULD OF TOOK HER PLACE.  MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY ALMOST 5 YEARS AGO AND MY SON HAS NEVER REALLY SHOWN ME ANY KIND OF GRIEF EXCEPT FOR WHEN SHE DIED AND TODAY HE JUST LOST IT. BLAMED ...

The end of his fight.   Today, I got the news that my grandfather lost his battle with heart disease after suffering a major heart attack that he was unable to recover from. I ...

Feeling Empty  On January 7, 2011 @ 5:30 pm I received the news id been dreading for months. My grandfather had just died. I fell to the floor and cried and screamed!...

November 26, 2010  This of all days was the worst for me for 2010. The night before me and my husband were getting ready to go shopping on Black Friday. We made it to the ...

grandparents  In november 2003 my grandad was diagnosed with motor neuron disease, I was only 11 at the time. Soon after we found he was also suffering from dementia....

The Angel I Never Knew  By the time I was born, dementia had taken Grandpa's mind. He was there physically, but in some ways he had already died. Then a few months before my second ...

I'm so lost  Hi everyone,

My name is Melissa, and I lost my much loved Gramma just over a month ago. She raised me most of my life, and was always my best friend....

What do i do now? i'm so lost.  I am a 20 year old college student from VA, the oldest of 10 kids and im so lost right now that i don't now what to do, where to go or who to turn to.

My ...

My Grandmother  Hi, i am 14 years old and my grandmother and i were very close. Every morning for 5 years i had been going down to her house for breakfast before school....

Grandma Mary  I am having a very hard time expressing myself right now, I am in so much pain. My grandma died October 10, 2010. My whole life was turned completely ...

My Nanny  My nanny spent her whole life looking after me and my family. She constantly worried about us, she devoted her whole life to her family. She was a kind ...

Footprints  I was only 13 when on, April 7th 2009, I learned that my Grandad had brain cancer. I was scared, extremely scared. I didn't want to lose him. A week later ...

My nanny my mom  I loved her so much my great grandmother raised my big sister and me, she did everything for us a grandmother could possibly do for their grandchildren ...

my nan  Since i was born, my nan lived with my mum, my 2 brothers & my dad for awhile and me. She was more like a mother to me because when my parents split up ...

Lost in my grief  I lost my Grandad on 7th may 2010, he was 80 years old and had been ill with dementia for over 3 years. He had a good life and was the world's best grandad ...

A very long time ago  In February 1967, when I was seven years old, I was watching Pinky and Perky on the television when my Dad burst into the room and switched the television ...

Turned my whole world upside down  Ever since I was young, I was always told my grandma and I were one soul in two separate bodies. She was my everything and she meant millions to plenty ...

My Pa  My name is Karrah. I'm 20 years old, and my grandfather, my Pa, died of liver cancer. It was almost two years ago, on March 25, 2008. He had been sick ...

Footprints In The Sand   I don't really know where to start, Im 18 and lost my Nan to a brain stem stroke 4 weeks ago. She was 66 and still so full of life; her and my Grandad ...

Why Did I Have to Witness This?  It was 5:50 AM, on Thursday, December 17th, 2009. I woke up, feeling a little uneasy about everything. I began to take a shower, eat breakfast, and get ...

My Grandmother was My Mother  When I was 8 months old, my mother dropped me off at my father's mother's house to relinquish custody because my mother had a nervous breakdown. She wanted ...

I thought it would get better...But it only got worse  When I lost my great-grandfather I was 10 years old. Not very old but old enought to realize what death and dying was. I was able to realize that I was ...

Us against the world.  Today is August 10,2009.

My granddaddy died last night at 9 o clock.
When I was born I was a premature. My mommy and daddy thought I wasn't gonna ...

A Bad Month  About a week after thanksgiving 2008, we found out my grandma had cancer. And the doctors told us without constant chemo she would only have 2-3 months....

The night my grandma passed away  It all started May 20, 2006 between 9:00 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.. We were all sitting in my Grandma's living room watching my little cousin's recital she had ...

8 Years Ago  I have never been able to deal with my grandfather's death which for other people has a normal progression. I come from a dysfunctional family and my grandfather ...

I lost my grandma on 11/05/11.  My grandma raised me from the time I was born so to me she was my only parent. A part of me died the day she did and I realise that it was my youth. No ...

Granny Annie  I recently lost my grandmother after a long fight with lung cancer. She was strong and fought the cancer until the end, she beat it. She was cancer free,...

i feel so guilty   My grandpa was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor in November of 2010 . He got some of it removed but the doctors still gave him 6 months to live. My ...

I Miss Her  Im 14 years old, i was very close with my mar. she was like my mum. i still have my mum who is alive but we don't get along. my Mar died on feburary 26th ...

My Grandma  My grandmother was the most important person in my life. I have always been able to depend on her kindness, warmth and love. I will miss her very much....

Haven't been the same since you passed Grandad <3  You were 86 when you passed on from this earth to the next world
Despite your age I always thought you would go on forever
You were strong and independant ...

My Grandma, My World.  Waiting on my break-down... this crying on and off again is driving me nuts, just waiting to see when i am going to really lose my mind over this. I dont ...

My hero,my taid  I recently lost my grandad (taid), I say recently, does two months count?.
My grandad was an amazing man, he died at the age of 96, outlived his only ...

Feeling like I cannot cope with loss of my grandparents;it just doesnt seem fair :(  So this is more like an advice thing; I would like someones help and advice on what to do.
So I lost my first Grandad when I was 8 years old
I lost my ...

Still can't imagine my life without my Papa  My name is Lindsay Bingham, and I am 19 years old. I am still grieving the loss of my grandfather.

It's been exactly 2 months since my Papa passed away....

Tomorrow will be ten years 
I lost my grandmother on December 11, 2001. She was the best. I have been having a terrible time as the anniversary of her death approaches.

my guardian angel  hi, im jessica. im 12 and my grandpa died 2 days ago. we all saw it coming. he was VERY sick. my parents were about to call hospice to make arragements ...

My New Grandmother  My grandmother died on Thursday, November 24th, 2011. My family knew she was going to pass soon so we got on the plane to fly to her. When we arrived at ...

The Eternal Love  My Grandpa just lost My Grandma around 2 weeks ago, and he was hurt, and feeling so lonely as my grandma was in comma for almost a month and we (the family)...

i miss you  my grandma was an italian immigrant that grew up with nothing and learned to speak english by the age of 12. she was the first of her family to graduate ...

Papaw  I lost my grandpa June 11, 2011. It's been 5 months, but it still feels like it was yesterday. I miss him more and more each day, and I don't know how ...

18 Years   It's been 18 years, but it is still so hard. Grandma & Grandpa were taken in the blink of an eye, and I can still remember being woken up in the middle ...

Save your money, your grandkids may need it in your old age.  "Save your money, your grandkids may need it in your old age". This was one of my Grandfather's many words of wisdom. When I was an infant our house burnt ...

MY PA WAS THE BEST.  Growing up, I lived with my mother and my grandparents. My father was not in my life. He passed away in June 2009. He was not a part of my life, however,...

My great-grandmother  On January 2, 2011, I lost my great-grandmother, Ann Hart, at the age of 90. It was one of the toughest things that I had to accept.

No grandpa, lonely childhood  When I was 8 my grandpa died (mothers father), my mother took the loss hard and never talked to us (her children) about it, neither did my father. My 2 ...

Rest In Peace Grandpa.(:  My Grandpa Was A Very Important Person To Me. And My Family, He Helped My Mom And My Family, With Everything. And When I Was Born, He Called Me His. So,...

the loss of my german grandmother  I lost my mom's mom at the beginning of the month. its hitting my mom the hardest. I never liked how my grandmother treated me. she ran me over when i ...

Gran Is Gone  Yesterday I sat by Gran's bedside with one hand atop her chest and the other in her near-limp right hand. I could feel her chest rattle and wheeze as she ...

Hope after loss of grandad: My Story  Hi my name is Suzanne and this is my story of loss and hope after losing the light in my life: My grandad.

My Grandad was my world,i was his girl. he ...

Lost my gram- I was neglectful  I lost my grammy on March 1, 2011. I lived an hour away and rarely got home and rarely called. Sadly, I am 45 yrs old. When I was 11 my family moved to ...

Lost my gram- I was neglectful  I lost my grammy on March 1, 2011. I lived an hour away and rarely got home and rarely called. Sadly, I am 45 yrs old. When I was 11 my family moved to ...

My beloved Grandma  My grandma died of cancer on 24th of March 2011.
She was 65 years old.
She was cremated on Tuesday the 29th March
I really miss her and so does my whole ...

in memory of: charles boyd charboneau  my name is page charboneau and 17 years old. and i want to tel my story about my grandpa... i was 4 years old when my grandpa and grandpa adopted me. from ...

Taken in such a short time  My grandpa found out he had cancer one day and less than a week later he was gone. As I was reading the introduction of the website that's exactly how ...

My Grandma and Uncle in the span of 2 months  Sep 29th (My Wife's b.day)+ Oct 6th 2010 So where do I start - mmm ... lets c at the beginning of the year my cousin had told me that my grandma was giving ...

I never forgot about you.  It has been almost 8 years since I last saw my grandfather. I was never close to him seeing as how even when we lived in the same country I did not see ...

my grandma was my everything  My grandma was my everything, she still is, she always will be. I am so angry that she left and now all I have is pain, everyday I wake and still feel ...

My Grandmother  My grandmother and I had a very special and unique bond. I was her only granddaughter. She was more than a grandmother to me; she was one of my best ...

My Jack, my grandfather, my best friend  2 months ago, On Tues Feb 9th, 2010 @ 0645am, my life changed forever. These past two months have been some of the worst months of my life. My mom called ...

I love my nan   My nan was more like my second mum . We had a special bond and out the 3 grandchildren i was the closest . I used to pop round every day after school for ...

My Grandpa, who I love very much  My grandpa was doing fairly well, when he fell last summer and had a pacemaker and a defibrillator put in. After that he started going downhill. We all ...

My Grandma  On my dads side of the family there are two grandsons, me only granddaughter amd two great grandsons from the oldest grandson.

Tuesday ...

Sudden death of my grandmom  Don't know how many more losses I have to cope with. Tired and sick of the never ending silence in my house these days. The smell of the new bunch of incense ...

Loss of My Grandmother  My Grandmother was a very special person in my life!! I was always staying over at her house on the weekends and during the summer or whenever I was out ...

My Grief Story   My Grandmother died on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 at 1:oo p.m. My dad got a phone call from my aunt Rose that same afternoon.

When my dad told me I felt ...

My Grandma  It all started in March of 2008, she was diagnosed with Lung Cancer; and she died August 24, 2008. I guess I never really believed there would be a day ...



 



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