Comments on: Couldn’t let it go by without a mention

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:05:43 +0000

Having just gone through this over the past week, it’s all fresh in my mind. It’s never easy, no matter when it happens, my grandfather was 92! I hope my email about it didn’t trigger the sad reaction for you:(

By: Aunt Glenda

Aunt Glenda — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 14:17:12 +0000

Yes, Sunday was tough. I went to church and they were having a Music Service and they sang old familiar hymns, all her favourites, and I could not sing them.
But it doesn’t wait to hit me on the Anniversary. It creeps up on me in places unexpected like the frozen food aisle at Sobeys when I realized I could not get green beans the way she used to cut them. (I have since remedied that problem by buying a gadget from Paderno!)
And when I see her in your children, especially Emma.
love,
Aunt Glenda

By: Atypical Homeschool.net » A Grief Observed - Second Edition

Atypical Homeschool.net » A Grief Observed - Second Edition — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:49:42 +0000

[...] Sunday, Andrea posted that it was the fifth anniversary of her grandmother’s death. I was raised in a society where emotional expression was frowned upon. We mustn’t let anyone in on the extent of our emotions (in this case-grief). Of all things, emotion needs an avenue of expression. In turn, it becomes necessary, to stay the course, that emotion itself becomes the undesireable thing. So, what I wanted to talk about was the belief that grief is bad. [...]

By: Aunt Wanda

Aunt Wanda — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:01:55 +0000

She was a great lady.

By: Karen E.

Karen E. — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 03:49:11 +0000

I’m so sorry. I lost both of my grandmothers about five years ago, too, and still miss them very much.