To a great man, Farewell.
My grandfather whom passed away this morning at about 12:15 or so. I had a feeling like I knew it was going to happen today for some reason. I don't know how to describe why I felt like I knew it was going to happen today, but I just knew. I knew it for sure when the phone rang in the darkness of the midnight hour.It was more than his time as he had battled a stroke that he suffered in October of 03. It was sad to see a man who had a wealth of knowledge and life experience struggle to remember his own grandchildren's ages. We all knew that his time was coming and so his passing was not a shock. It's more a feeling of emptiness and loss which is better than the shock of a sudden death I guess. The Fish, Minderooski and I were his only three grandchildren.
Ugh. What do you say in a time like this? We're leaving for Texas in the morning sometime. So that means run around, dig out things to pack for the trip down there, try to get all my shit done that I needed to do by Friday and all that other wonderful fun stuff that one gets to do when life throws a wrench in what seemed to be a smoothly working machine.
What's going to get me is having to be around those witches that are disguised as my grandmother's sisters. No one, and I mean no one has ever met anyone more bitter than those two women, Jane and Bean. I just have a problem dealing with some of that side of the family. I don't know what it stems from, maybe this holier than thou attitude that they have always exhibited. I lost a lot of my respect for that side when the letter arrived back in the fall from Jane's three kids pleading for monetary contributions from "the cousins" to help aid Bean. I quote "only after we see how the cousins are willing to help on what level, the we can assess what we can do to help Bean." Excuse me, but begging the cousins for money first? Something about the whole undertone about that letter made my skin bristle.
Dammit, i'm starting to rant. I know that there will not be any traditional funeral service as both my grandparents had written provisions into their wills that their bodies be given to science. My grandmother said something about a concert in his memory so things will surely be interesting.
Anyways, I'm off to Texas for who knows how long.
posted by Rusty @ 10:50 PM
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