on Mar 24th, 2008The Easter Weekend
14-16 hours in the car total, 4 state borders (Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York) and barely any sleep will adequately describe my weekend.
We decided to visit my grandmother, who is terminal with cancers (many many cancers). She will probably be with the Lord within a month if that so we felt it would be wise to take this opportunity to go see her before it is too late. Both for her sake and my own.
So we packed up the Taurus on Friday and headed on out. It was a fairly uneventful trip and really it was nice to see family. My grandmother did not look like my grandmother and slept the entire time we were in the room. She’s in one of those … places. Not a hospital, not a retirement home. Elderly are put there basically to die I believe.
My family is taking it extremely well. Joking and laughing and such … it was both refreshing and oddly disturbing to me. I’m sure it’s my own stigma about death that made it disturbing … respecting those who are passing and all that jazz. However, they seemed happy to see me and I was happy to see them.
On my way home a movie quote came to mind.
“Death is only the beginning.” Imhotep - The Mummy
I have fond memories of my grandmother. She enjoyed painting and I have some art of hers. She was also a tough old bird and regaled stories about the old days such as duct taping a severed finger rather than going to the hospital … yes, true story.
I’ll miss her much and I wish I could have told her that I love her … but she slept. I hope she will know that we came out to see her.
