On Thursday night week we learned of my Grandpa Sam's passing which despite trying to prepare myself for, was still very difficult to hear. He's been quite sick for the past few weeks and between my mom and uncle taking shifts in Florida with him trying to see if a recovery was possible, his body simply failed. He lived a long life though and I was thankful that my mom and uncle got to spend time with him in his last few weeks even though I know it must have been very difficult to see him like that. None of us wanted to see him suffer any longer. Sadder, is perhaps that fact that my grandmother, who has Alzheimer's, may not even realize what has happened to her husband. Perhaps she has some sense of something but I can't imagine any of it making much sense.
Alan and I feel worlds away from his passing. I'm so thankful that Alan got to meet Pop Pop, as we called him when we were younger. We had visited them last summer and he was so excited about our wedding and the move to Ghana. My family is planning a memorial service for him next week which unfortunately we won't be able to be at, which is quite frustrating but that is the way it is. We will be thinking of him a lot these next few days and weeks though.
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