Nobody can go through life without losing someone they love. Whether that’s a family member, a friend, a significant other, or just someone you’ve gotten to know. We’ve all lost somebody we’ve loved when we least expected it, or maybe you thought they would make it, but they didn’t. That is what happened to me with my great grandmother. She was 86, and someone who I couldn't fathom losing. One day she fell while taking a shower, and broke her back. She was slowly getting better when she started to show signs of dementia. A month or two later she died. We all knew that it would happen, but i couldn’t bring myself to believe that she wouldn’t make it. She was such a strong and amazing women that I just knew she would make it. She didn’t, and
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I’ve had so many amazing memories playing in the creek by her house, or taking walks with her by the creek. I’m so incredibly lucky to have gotten to know her because, most people sometimes don’t get to know their grandparents, let alone their great grandparents. Getting to have know my great grandmother for 14 years is something I will always be grateful for. She was someone who made me laugh at how stubborn she was, and how neat everything had to be. I will always remember her homemade applesauce, and her amazing cornbread. These are the things I will always hold on too, and will remember when I need a laugh. I will always remember how much I loved my great …show more content…
She made an alright recovery, and was getting better. Sadly, soon after she started showing signs of dementia. My mom, aunts and uncles, and my grandmother were all taking turns staying with her. Her dementia got bad quickly, and she was in pain. Within these weeks I never went to see. I couldn’t bring myself to go and see her, and her not remember me in the slightest. I will regret that decision for forever. If I had another chance, I would go back and say goodbye. I know she didn’t remember me in the end, and wouldn’t have know if I did say goodbye. This doesn’t change the fact that I couldn’t get over my feelings to do this for her. I didn’t say goodbye because, I wanted my final memory of her to be when she was happy, not when she was lying in bed, just waiting for the pain to go away. My final memory of her may be what I wanted it to be, but it should have been me getting to tell her
I’ve had so many amazing memories playing in the creek by her house, or taking walks with her by the creek. I’m so incredibly lucky to have gotten to know her because, most people sometimes don’t get to know their grandparents, let alone their great grandparents. Getting to have know my great grandmother for 14 years is something I will always be grateful for. She was someone who made me laugh at how stubborn she was, and how neat everything had to be. I will always remember her homemade applesauce, and her amazing cornbread. These are the things I will always hold on too, and will remember when I need a laugh. I will always remember how much I loved my great …show more content…
She made an alright recovery, and was getting better. Sadly, soon after she started showing signs of dementia. My mom, aunts and uncles, and my grandmother were all taking turns staying with her. Her dementia got bad quickly, and she was in pain. Within these weeks I never went to see. I couldn’t bring myself to go and see her, and her not remember me in the slightest. I will regret that decision for forever. If I had another chance, I would go back and say goodbye. I know she didn’t remember me in the end, and wouldn’t have know if I did say goodbye. This doesn’t change the fact that I couldn’t get over my feelings to do this for her. I didn’t say goodbye because, I wanted my final memory of her to be when she was happy, not when she was lying in bed, just waiting for the pain to go away. My final memory of her may be what I wanted it to be, but it should have been me getting to tell her