Today is a sad day in our house. My Grandmother passed away around 4pm today. I was at work and didn’t find out until I called to see who was picking me up.
When I called my house to see who was going to pick me up my father told me that she had passed. I started to get really upset because he didn’t call to tell me when it actually happened. His reasoning was he didn’t want to upset me at work. I am still a little peeved thqat I wasn’t informed til later but glad that he was considering my feelings.
The most freaky thing about the whole situation is that i had a dream last night about Grandma’s passing. I dreamed that my father came out of what is now my room and said that Grandma had passed. I woke up out of a deep sleep right after he said it.
I know that my Grandma is on to a better place now. She’s not suffering like she was. I know that she wouldn’t have wanted to spend any more time in the state she was in. Sedated and slowly losing grip on reality while her insides failed her. I know it’s better for her now because she can be at peace along with my Grandpa Charlie. They’re probably having a pool party in the Summerland.
The stupid part in me feels like if I hadn’t had that dream she would be better and have not died. I know the reality is my having the dream didn’t cause it to happen.
In Memory of my Grandma I want to talk about a few things that I remember most about her.
She used to tell me that if she ever died she wanted to donate her eyes to me so that i could have better eyesight.
Her and Grandpa used to get so fussy with me about my big clunky shoes leaving black marks on her kitchen floor.
Anytime I brought friends with me to her house she’d give ‘em hell about the way they dressed but would welcome them into her home gladly and as part of the family.
I wasn’t as close to my Grandma as I’d have liked to be. She was a feisty woman who had her own opinions about how things shouldbe and how women should act. I didn’t always agree with her Southern Baptist views or her racist words. But she is my Grandma and I love her.
R.I.P Grandma Inez you will be missed.
