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<blockquote data-quote="Achan hiArusa" data-source="post: 1946154" data-attributes="member: 2597">GrandmothersI hate to be cliche, but I know what you are going through.&nbsp; I lost my grandmother in 2001.&nbsp; She helped raise us when we were children.&nbsp; My evil stepmother kept us from seeing her for years (since I was 12), but when I went to college I racked up phone bills calling her, but I eventually lost touch with her.&nbsp; I finally went to visit her in 1997 after not seeing her in 13 years and not talking to her for 4 years at a very scary nursing home and all her memories were jumbled up (they were still there, just the order of events weren't).&nbsp; It was heart breaking.&nbsp; I was one of her pall bearers (she didn't have enough sons left, only two of the nine she had had were still alive).&nbsp; It hurt, but it was made a little easier by the fact that my father had died in 1997 (the reason I went to see her).&nbsp; She was survived by my two living uncles and my two aunts, sixteen grandchildren (of which I was one), eleven great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild.&nbsp; She was born the year Mark Twain died.Sorry about the rambling.&nbsp; I just ask that the Lord comfort you in this time and grant you a safe trip there and back.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Achan hiArusa, post: 1946154, member: 2597"] [b]Grandmothers[/b] I hate to be cliche, but I know what you are going through. I lost my grandmother in 2001. She helped raise us when we were children. My evil stepmother kept us from seeing her for years (since I was 12), but when I went to college I racked up phone bills calling her, but I eventually lost touch with her. I finally went to visit her in 1997 after not seeing her in 13 years and not talking to her for 4 years at a very scary nursing home and all her memories were jumbled up (they were still there, just the order of events weren't). It was heart breaking. I was one of her pall bearers (she didn't have enough sons left, only two of the nine she had had were still alive). It hurt, but it was made a little easier by the fact that my father had died in 1997 (the reason I went to see her). She was survived by my two living uncles and my two aunts, sixteen grandchildren (of which I was one), eleven great-grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild. She was born the year Mark Twain died. Sorry about the rambling. I just ask that the Lord comfort you in this time and grant you a safe trip there and back. [/QUOTE]

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