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Ghosts of the past...215/365
"I'd probably have more trouble with the ghosts of the past, she said, if my memory wasn't shot to hell."
~Story People~
About a year and a half ago my grandfather passed away. Since his passing, my grandmother's health has gotten progressively worse, which happens a lot when you've spent your entire life with someone and they die. Most recently, she went to live with my mom in Florida and about 3-4 weeks ago she had a stroke. She's been in a rehabilitation facility since then, and yesterday was the first chance I had to speak with her. My mom put us on speakerphone and I told her I missed her and loved her and hoped she would start feeling better soon. Her response was a slightly incoherent rambling about how they were running some reports of some kind. My mom quickly took us off of speakerphone and said, "Well, you get the idea..." . I said yes, said my goodbyes to my mom and hung up.
I sat in the car for a few minutes, tears welling in my eyes as they are now, and all I could think of is that I wish I'd somehow accomplished more earlier in life so that I'd maybe, just maybe have had more time to spend traveling to Maryland to visit her and my grandfather more often...
The last several times I did get to see her, she wasn't this bad off, but her sense of humor was always wicked and sharp as a tack. The Story People quote above isn't really related to the picture, but it reminds me of the type of thing she used to come up with.
For TOTW - Story People and for FGR - Confession Time.
Ghosts of the past...215/365
"I'd probably have more trouble with the ghosts of the past, she said, if my memory wasn't shot to hell."
~Story People~
About a year and a half ago my grandfather passed away. Since his passing, my grandmother's health has gotten progressively worse, which happens a lot when you've spent your entire life with someone and they die. Most recently, she went to live with my mom in Florida and about 3-4 weeks ago she had a stroke. She's been in a rehabilitation facility since then, and yesterday was the first chance I had to speak with her. My mom put us on speakerphone and I told her I missed her and loved her and hoped she would start feeling better soon. Her response was a slightly incoherent rambling about how they were running some reports of some kind. My mom quickly took us off of speakerphone and said, "Well, you get the idea..." . I said yes, said my goodbyes to my mom and hung up.
I sat in the car for a few minutes, tears welling in my eyes as they are now, and all I could think of is that I wish I'd somehow accomplished more earlier in life so that I'd maybe, just maybe have had more time to spend traveling to Maryland to visit her and my grandfather more often...
The last several times I did get to see her, she wasn't this bad off, but her sense of humor was always wicked and sharp as a tack. The Story People quote above isn't really related to the picture, but it reminds me of the type of thing she used to come up with.
For TOTW - Story People and for FGR - Confession Time.