On February 2nd of this year, I was so saddened to receive the phone call from my Dad that my Grandma Jean had passed away that day. I remember bursting into tears because I didn't really see it coming or at least so soon. I had talked to her perhaps a little less than 2 weeks prior to that phone call while she was in the hospital with breathing issues. I remember that she sounded positive and upbeat, like her usual self. I didn't know that in the couple of days before her passing, her health declined quickly (she had Emphysema). I wish that I had known so that I could fly out and give her one last hug and tell her how special she was to me. It makes me cry today, a few months after, just to write about it. I didn't really have any closure and that is what makes it so hard. Just like with my other Grandma, Grandma Pat, I have to imagine what I would say to her and then just speak it out in my thoughts as though I am talking to her up in heaven. I imagine what she would say to me and somehow, this all helps. Grandma Jean, you will always be an inspiration to me! You were a strong and vivacious woman, a wonderful matriarch of our family who always held dear the importance of family and good friends! You will forever be missed and will always be remembered!
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We still miss Jean too! So sad that she's gone.
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