Memorial Day Narrative

Emotions including desolation, grief and loneliness were experienced on Memorial Day, 2015. Grief spread throughout my house after the news that my Gramma passed away had reached it. My Mother, Father, two sisters, Dick, who was my Gramma’s partner for 18 years, and many family members all had to cope with this feeling of sadness. When my Mom got the horrible news, I was the first to know. I don’t know if you will believe me, but the only reason I was awake was because of a bad gut feeling. My stomach turned into an abyss and I knew bad news was to come. My Gramma had been sick for a few weeks with uterine cancer that spread to her stomach and her health was plummeting. When the news came to me it took me about 30 seconds to get over my shocked state and experience desolation. …show more content…
It was 11:49 pm when she passed away. At about 11:53 my Mom came into my room to check if I was awake. Like I said before, I was. My mom told me what happened, “Gramma passed away a few minutes ago.” Of course I didn’t want to hear this news so my brain went defensive minded and I answered back, “No she didn’t.” When my mom hugged me I knew it actually happened and then the tears came. My Mom went downstairs to tell my Dad and I followed. My two sisters were both sleeping and my Mom and I decided it was best to tell them in the morning. Once my Mom, Dad, and I exchanged embraces, my Mom went to the hospital that my Gramma was staying at. I wanted to go with her but my parents