Early this morning I as I sat waiting for the sun to rise above the horizon, the telephone rang. My heart fell into my stomach. In my household, a call received before 9am and after 9pm, is never good news. Today in no way proved me wrong. My mother was calling to let me know that my paternal Grandma had passed away. This came as a shock to say the least. While attending therapy, following a recent surgery, she collapsed with sudden heart failure and they were not able to resuscitate her. The loss of my grandma was upsetting enough, but added to the fact that I lost my maternal Grandma nine months earlier, makes the situation harder to endure. At least when we lost Granny, we had time to prepare for the loss, she had been fighting cancer for awhile, and in her way prepared us for her passing. With Grandma, it happened so suddenly, one minute she was there the next she was not, since it is the end of the semester, with finals coming up, and term papers due, I am unsure if I will be able to take the time away from my studies to attend the funeral. If the services were local, there would be no problem, but in order to attend the services I will have to travel to Michigan, taking time, and money that I really cannot afford to spend. I will have to wait until the arrangements have been made before a final decision of whether or not to go can be determined.
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