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The night my grandma passed away

by Ariel
(Pueblo, Colorado, U.S.)

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 done earlier that day. I got up and went and sat next to my Grandma.

Everything seemed alright, so I turned my head to finish watching the recital. After I turned around I heard my Uncle Frank saying "Mom" in a worried voice. So I turned and looked at my Grandma and seen my Uncle Frank shaking her hand. Then I thought "This isn't good". So I kept looking at my Grandma and thought "What's going on".

Then my Grandma looked at my Uncle Frank then me and took one last breath and moved her lips saying "good-bye". After that I heard my mom burst out into tears saying "No grandma no!". Then I felt my throat swelling up and my eyes started getting watery. After that happened I found myself crying just as hard as my mom, possibly harder.

So then everybody started crying and called people who weren't there saying "Moms gone" or "Grandma's gone,she passed". I never thought I would see my grandma pass away, just because I didn't want to see her go; she left on that night.

And ever since then I can't even go to the church without remembering that night, I can't even go in my grandma's living room without seeing her there taking one last breath. This still haunts me even though it happened two years ago, I still see her presence whenever I go to her house,I don't know why this had to happen to me?

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The night my grandma passed away

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MY 89 YEAR OLD GIRL FRIEND & MY GRAND MA
by: TARUN

I lost my grand mother on 1st of Febuary 2010 at 9:45 p.m.

She was perfect a month back and celebrated with us the new year and gave us blessings. She use to love my kids like god on the earth for someone at this age she was the granny of my younger one. She was an angel.

On 7th January 2010, I came to know that she had a gall bladder cancer stage 4 and this news came to me as a blast and I started crying like a small child in front of all the persons I knew.
I was begging in front of the doctors to save my grandma at least for some more time but ---.

Every passing day she was dying in front of me and I could not see her in the situation she was.

She was a proffessional priest and she predicted for herself also in the month of October 09 that she will die before Feb 2 of 2010.

Finally the 1st Febuary came, and we were a little bit happy to see her recovering, as she asked for breakfast in the morning. We were happy that soon her prediction time will pass away and she will be all right, but she started uneasyness in her breathing and passed away in front of us.
We were just standing and looking at her and could not save her from this deadly disease.

I am very sad and not able to do anything to date and no one is able to understand me.

I am missing her very badly.

I understand
by: Anonymous

I'm so sorry for your loss.I just lost my grandma yesterday and I feel the same way. :(

I understand you!

Your grandma
by: Kendra

Honey, do I hear you say your grandma was there enjoying her time with your family, and she passed with no warning, no pain, no disease? Oh, my.... As shocking as that is, oh, such grace upon her.

I've heard of such things. While my mom was dying in the nursing home one of the people there told me of a man and his wife in bed watching tv, eating popcorn and talking. All of a sudden she stopped talking, he looked over, she was gone!

I am so sorry for your loss, and I'm sure that the picture of that night will ever be etched in your mind, but I hope that eventually you will be comforted by the fact that there was no suffering.

I hope you will be free from regret eventually, too, as I'm sure you've things you wished you had done, or said....that it's too late now.

Bless your heart and bless your love you have for her.


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