December 27, 2008 at 10:31 am (Daily life, Sad part of life)
You know you want to laugh… Kenny the hamster is dead. He lived but just a few months and he will be missed. The saddest part is that Shannon noticed the night before but was afraid to tell me because she didn’t think they were suppsed to die. So essentially this poor girl fed and pretended a dead animal was aright for fear of it being her fault somehow. So, Rest In Peace Kenny…
I took her out a few days after and she picked out gerbils instead of another hamster. That’s fine, I’m liking these a lot better. They are more active during the day and funnier to watch. We have two FEMALES, Whitie and Brownie…. I’m taking it you can guess what colors they are. They are quite adorable I have to admit.
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November 14, 2008 at 9:51 am (Sad part of life)
So I usually want to stay upbeat as much as i can, but you are just going to have to bear with me for a moment. My maternal grandmother, Annie Mae Shelley, died on September 25. Now, this was bad enough and even though I knew it was coming, it still didn’t help. I don’t know what would have made me feel better about seeing the woman I loved and laughed with growing up laying there and not making some loud comment. She had always called me Lit’lin, which was her heavy southern accent trying to say little one. It was hard to see her like that. Even now, it is hard to write about it and I knew it was a matter of time for over a year. Hell, I work in the hospital and have seen many people just slip away, just still wasn’t easy to know she’s gone. She was a fighter to the end though.
Now, November 13, Gram or Mary Kurutz has passed away. I just saw her. She’s not been doing good and I knew it. I saw it coming, I know the signs, but she’s been bad before and she’s pulled through it. She was in and out of the hospital for a while and the last time she was in for 20 days. She came home on Wednesday and Thursday her doctor came over and we called the ambulance over to take her back to the hospital. Nothing emergent, but there was no other way to get her there in relative comfort. And what did I do? I went on to work… I know she’s not technically my grandmother, but she’s been my Gram for 10 years now and I’ve helped take care of her. She taught me how to play bingo with her. She was crazy and silly for sure, but I loved her. Now, she’s gone. Shannon was attached to her as well and was having a hard time seeing her not feeling well, so how am I going to tell her that she’s gone now and not have her upset? I’m upset… I keep telling myself it’s normal to be upset, that I don’t have to hold everything in like I was taught, but I’m afraid that if she sees me as upset as I am, then it’s going to make it worse on her. Two wonderful grandmothers taken too soon, but then again anytime would seem too soon.
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