Re: sorry so long...lost grandmother thursday
From: Peggy (pklippe1@nycap.rr.com)
Mon Jun 21 07:26:16 1999
At Mon, 21 Jun 1999, ton welsh wrote:
>
>Hello to all,I have been gone for so longbecause I have taken everylast
>minute I could with grandma. Last thurs the drs had told my aunt there
>is someone who is nt letting her go, and to make this short, I was
>cleaning last thursday, and I said to God in my prayers that I was going
>to see grandma today, and I culd no longer se her in this painagain.
>
>I got a sudden urge to leave and when I got there I washoping my family
>would not be htere so I could tell her this, and I found my dad leaving
>, but my aunt who has told me I have to let her know I will be okay with
>her dyig, she was suffering terribly, and I kept asking God for one more
>day.
>
>I ws there for an hour holding her hand and my aunt and I were searching
>the clouds trying to find pictues, she said lets go smoke a cigarette,
>and I told m aunt I need 5 minutes. I then tod grandma that I loved her
>dearly, but I cannot stand to see her suffer this way,by this time she
>had been on liquid morphine everytwo hours, so she could not respond to
>us for days except she turned her head my way, I then told her I was
>ready, and she had to let go and be with grandpa, and mom. they came
>out to get us 10 minutes later grandma had died after that. My aunt
>said I needed to accept that as a gift from her! She waitd til I was
>ready, she knew how much I loved my grandma. we have the visitation
>tonite and mass, and burial tomorrow, I will see you girls soon, I
>amhaving a bad day too, with the pain, and the bowels. But I need to
>get through the loss of grandma, no matter how old she was, I will
>always remember last thurs. as lond as I live! She waited to know I was
>okay with it, the rest of family had told her over that last 2 weeks!
>
>Love to all Toni
Toni,
My deepest sympathy soes out to you.I am glad you got to see your
grandma one last time before her passing ,I"m sure you will treasure
that moment forever.THe next couple of days will be real tough on you.
Please remember we are here
for you.
"Friends who stick together"
Peggy