Good Grief!!!

well guys it happened......

My grandmother has left her material body and has risen to a higher energy. She passed away Friday night at 10:10.

and what shocks me the most is how the faith one has can take that person to great strengths,i am amazed how far a person's faith can take them in life. the strength that it gives a person to carry on with each day.

These past 10months has been hard on my grandmother, well in the latter part of her life the last ten years were hard.

she was in and out of the hospital this time for weeks, we knew her death was coming but she has fought so hard when did not know when, we did not when she was going to be ready

But...... this time, she knew it but she refused to let go because she was not at home. She wanted to pass in her way, the correct way.

I received a call from my mom saying something is not right with my grandma, she is getting sick and it does not look good, you might want to get here quick. i dashed over after work. by the time i got there my mother had called a priest to read her the rites of passage, this was happening all too fast all i wanted was to see my grandma.

This is the reason, that i think, why my grandmother held on. She could not go without her rites and without everyone saying their good byes.

As heart breaking as it was we all kissed her told her we loved her and said good bye

She was able to get the strength to make the sign of the cross one last time

Within ten maybe fifteen minutes after the priest left my grandmother took her last breathe, and my mother, my aunt and i were at her bedside

My grandfather was there, but honestly he has early onset of Alzheimer's so i do not think he processed the situation correctly. It is the third day since her death and he asks everyday where his wife is.

Tonight i write this from my grandma's house but now when i come to spend the night it is for my grandpa, just grandpa

i miss her, i miss hearing her walker as she comes out because i am up at midnight, and she tells me to go to bed....

to top it all off this week my boss is out of town, so i need to get coverage, school work is piling up, and i have family obligations and the icing is my monthly friend decides to visit..........of all weeks.....*Throws up hands in defeat*...ughhhh

"whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" right?.....i hope sooo

If you stuck with me until the end thank you for reading my rant.....i don't feel the need to talk to people about my grandma, i am ok with it.... but i needed to just write and be ok for the rest of the week

Thank you, and i have a Great week...i am looking forward (i am hesitate in using that) to seeing family members i have not seen in a long time this week