Just back from Arizona
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akawilMy Grandfather died last week, at the age of 89. We're just back from Arizona, where we attended the memorial service.
He'd been very sick for a few weeks now -- his body couldn't really recover from an emergency surgery they had to do last month.
He lived a good and full life, and it was wonderful to see at the service how many people loved him.
My whole life he's lived on the other side of the country, so it's not like this is going to change my day-to-day life, but he's always been ... around. It's going to take some time for me to really process this, I think.
The obituary (written by my aunt) is here...I don't mind breaking the semi-anonymity of this journal for that. I think it's very well done, and shows what a full life he had.
Goodbye, Grandpa. I love you.
He'd been very sick for a few weeks now -- his body couldn't really recover from an emergency surgery they had to do last month.
He lived a good and full life, and it was wonderful to see at the service how many people loved him.
My whole life he's lived on the other side of the country, so it's not like this is going to change my day-to-day life, but he's always been ... around. It's going to take some time for me to really process this, I think.
The obituary (written by my aunt) is here...I don't mind breaking the semi-anonymity of this journal for that. I think it's very well done, and shows what a full life he had.
Goodbye, Grandpa. I love you.
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Date: 2009-12-08 04:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-08 05:13 am (UTC)Glad to hear he was loved and had a full life. I found it far harder to say goodbye to my grandfather, who no one knew (not even his own kids), than my grandmother who was beloved by everyone.
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Date: 2009-12-08 05:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-08 05:48 am (UTC)I'm glad the memorial was good and full of love.
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Date: 2009-12-08 09:03 am (UTC)The love you take
Is equal to the love
You make
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Date: 2009-12-08 03:48 pm (UTC)I'm so sorry about your grandfather, and glad you and Merav could make it out to the memorial service.
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Date: 2009-12-08 05:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-09 01:28 am (UTC)May you and yours be comforted.
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Date: 2009-12-10 02:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-13 03:55 pm (UTC)