this day took a quick turn this afternoon when my grandmother died.

I'm ok and my family is ok, it's the naturally progression of things but it's another link to my past and my family that's gone and my already small family just got smaller. 

It's a lot of reflection too.  In later years she was not the grandmother I grew up with which was tough in itself (grieving a grandmother while she was still alive) now I can concentrate on all the wonderful memories.  She was a neat lady   and was always very protective of me as the only granddaughter.

DD seems to have a morbid facination with death right now too.  She's been asking me questions all day - some easier to answer than others!  (mom, do you think 10 minutes could save a person.  mom, when you die can you speak spanish without going to school)

In any case it's a natural, normal death which although sad is a lot easier. 

My sympathies to you and your family on the loss of your grandmother. 

My great-uncle was a poet and wrote this when my grandfather died:
Good people never die --
They live inside us
Where they guide us and provide us
With memories we can always share
And loving thoughts forever there

- Ann -

Lara, I am so sorry for your loss, I know how hard it is to lose a grandmother.

I can relate to what your DD is going through.  While I was 27 before I experienced the significant loss of a loved one, my boys have heard and seen way too much death this year. First my brothers young wife, their beloved aunt, quickly followed by a close friend of ours.

My 6 year old was a little obsessed with the idea of death for awhile and I was a bit taken back too. But, as you said, I think it was normal - just his way of grasping something he  (or any of us?) cannot understand and that we can control. Sometimes, still, out of nowhere he will cry for his Aunt Karla... But, then again, so do I... 

  sorry to hear that...it is so sad, eventhough it was expected...
give Willow time to grieve...her questions are a way to try to grasp what has happened and what happens next...

Despite the circumstances I'm glad it was good to see your family.  Have a safe trip home.

  Hugs to you.