grandparents

October 4th, 1996
Sadness and emptiness.
That's all that's been in me
since I heard the news.

I love my grandfather
more than words can say.

I just doesn't seem real.
Not yet.
I sit and wait for him to come in.
To call me princess.
Yet somewhere, deep inside,
I know that won't happen.

Grandpa's in Heaven now,
smiling down on me,
telling me everything will be ok.
I hear him and I know it will be,
but it's hard.

Grandma and Grandpa.
It's always been the two of them.
It always will be in my heart.

I love you both
and one day you will be together again.

Good-bye Grandpa, your princess
loves you.

July 31st, 1998
Granny and I have had some pretty good times.
And yet, I can't seem to put them into words.

And despite all the pain, the last few days I spent with her made me very happy, and so I'd like to share some of that with you.

Kim and I came to visit granny on Monday. She knew that we were there and she was happy. As much as it hurt to see her so sick, I was happy I was there too.

That night, at home, I was pretty upset that I had to leave her that afternoon. I did, however, find some comfort in a song...the comfort came from knowing that she would be with gramps soon.

And the part of the song that helped me with my pain went like this:

"I will see you in the light of a thousand suns,
I will hear you in the sound of the waves,
I will know you when I come as we all will come
Through the door beyond the grave."

I listened to that song as I cried myself ot sleep that night...and through my tears I realized that granny would see gramps again soon after more than two long years...that shortly she would be with the man she loves...and it all became okay for me.

All of us were with her on Tuesday...Kim and I were holding her hands as she slipped into her eternal sleep...just as she had held our hands when we were small and afraid to close our eyes.

At grandpa's funeral I said, "Grandma and Grandpa, it's always been the two of them, and it always will be in my heart. I love you both, and someday you'll be together again." And now they are.

Granny-granny...I love you. Give gramps a hug for me.

This page is for two of the most important people to ever influence my life, my grandparents. I miss them with all my heart and will love them forever.

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