I just learned that my granny passed away today.
Is there such a thing as being prepared for the loss of someone dear? For if someone is really dear, no matter how much preparation is made there will always be the pain that will grip you. It is the sad thing with being born to a young family- you are not prepared for the shock of loss. You have known them to be vibrant and energetic forgetting that they too grow old and will someday go. Even if old age is bound to take them, it is still sad as the years of being connected with them made as much impact in your life.
It is a personal experience to have my grandparents and uncles while they are strong. I can vividly remember vacations filled with picnics by the river, swimming or just simply going to the fields together. The fields back home are heaven for the young as you get to find a lot of fruits and get to eat them while leisurely sitting under the shade of the tree. I have all remembered my relatives as strong and happy.
A few years back one of my grandfathers died. It was so sudden that it took me by surprise. Some months passed and then an aunt died, and then an uncle and then an uncle and then a cousin and then a niece. The people I once knew and went home to during vacations are now gone.
Now that I am working and is usually out of Manila, I barely find time to go home to the province. One time when I was home, I visited my grandmother. I was shocked with what I saw, although she still remembers me she was already showing signs of old age. Nowhere was the chatty grandmother who managed to waylay a rabid dog only with a piece of firewood. My grandfather is old too. How I wish I can make more time to visit him and rekindle what we had. Even if he may not fully remember them. I will do the remembering for the two of us.Even if they have physically left us, we will always be together in my memories.
Is there such a thing as being prepared for the loss of someone dear? For if someone is really dear, no matter how much preparation is made there will always be the pain that will grip you. It is the sad thing with being born to a young family- you are not prepared for the shock of loss. You have known them to be vibrant and energetic forgetting that they too grow old and will someday go. Even if old age is bound to take them, it is still sad as the years of being connected with them made as much impact in your life.
It is a personal experience to have my grandparents and uncles while they are strong. I can vividly remember vacations filled with picnics by the river, swimming or just simply going to the fields together. The fields back home are heaven for the young as you get to find a lot of fruits and get to eat them while leisurely sitting under the shade of the tree. I have all remembered my relatives as strong and happy.
A few years back one of my grandfathers died. It was so sudden that it took me by surprise. Some months passed and then an aunt died, and then an uncle and then an uncle and then a cousin and then a niece. The people I once knew and went home to during vacations are now gone.
Now that I am working and is usually out of Manila, I barely find time to go home to the province. One time when I was home, I visited my grandmother. I was shocked with what I saw, although she still remembers me she was already showing signs of old age. Nowhere was the chatty grandmother who managed to waylay a rabid dog only with a piece of firewood. My grandfather is old too. How I wish I can make more time to visit him and rekindle what we had. Even if he may not fully remember them. I will do the remembering for the two of us.Even if they have physically left us, we will always be together in my memories.
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