Why? Why did you have to take her away from me? How could you do this to me and the family? All questions I was asking to the One above, God. December 14, 2011 one of the happiest and saddest days of my life. My birthday was coming up on December 26 and I was ready. My mom decided to celebrate it early that year. I still to this day wonder why, but that day I was celebrating my birthday with a few of my closest friends. We started the day eating at IHOP and finished it at the movies. While waiting for everyone to get picked up my mom received a call. She told me she had some news for me once everyone left. A few minutes after that my last friend got into her car and left. Then I got the news that I had been waiting for. News that I was not expecting, “McKenzie, your grandma Jennette passed away this morning.”
When a loved one dies, you are emotionally unstable. Feelings of hate, anger, sadness, and disbelief are overwhelming you. The feeling that my grandmother was gone wasn’t sitting with me well. I couldn’t do nothing but cry and hold onto my mother. For the next few days that was honestly all I was doing, crying and sleeping. I couldn’t even eat, all I could remember was the smells in her kitchen and how I wouldn’t be able to smell or eat her good …show more content…
December 26, the day after Christmas. Either my grandma or I would call and sing happy birthday to each other at the top of our lungs. We would even sometimes spend the whole day together, whether it was shopping, eating ice cream, or just sitting and talking about whatever came to mind. Now those days are gone. When I was younger, I wouldn’t want to celebrate my birthday because I thought she would be mad with me or something, but now I know she would just want me to be happy and live life to the fullest in memory of her. So now when December 26 comes around I just look up to the sky and say “It’s our birthday, grandma, I love you and enjoy your
When a loved one dies, you are emotionally unstable. Feelings of hate, anger, sadness, and disbelief are overwhelming you. The feeling that my grandmother was gone wasn’t sitting with me well. I couldn’t do nothing but cry and hold onto my mother. For the next few days that was honestly all I was doing, crying and sleeping. I couldn’t even eat, all I could remember was the smells in her kitchen and how I wouldn’t be able to smell or eat her good …show more content…
December 26, the day after Christmas. Either my grandma or I would call and sing happy birthday to each other at the top of our lungs. We would even sometimes spend the whole day together, whether it was shopping, eating ice cream, or just sitting and talking about whatever came to mind. Now those days are gone. When I was younger, I wouldn’t want to celebrate my birthday because I thought she would be mad with me or something, but now I know she would just want me to be happy and live life to the fullest in memory of her. So now when December 26 comes around I just look up to the sky and say “It’s our birthday, grandma, I love you and enjoy your