Ite been almost a month... and i have been trying to figure out how to word this just right..so that it felt right for me... its honestly been a crazy 3 months or so... so here it is.... As summer nears to an end(even though we really didn’t get much of a summer) so much has happened. It has been one busy non-stop adventure packed, family time summer. I met new people and made new friends, I worked a lot and even attended two weddings. In the midst of all of this business I spent nearly the rest of my free time for about a month and a half at grandmaman’s and grandpapa’s house. Everyone was always spending their days there. He was unwell. About 7 years ago it started off as prostate cancer and in the end the cancer was in his bones, he had bone cancer. According to my grandpapa, “ he would never wish this type of pain even on his worst enemies”. It was hard to build up the strength to go visit him when I found out his health was quickly declining, no one ever wants to see a loved one in pain, when they have grown up knowing him to be a strong, healthy man full of life and energy. But even though he was bed ridden for about a month and a half, that man was absolutely so full of life. Ive always really known him to be more quiet and he kept to him self. In all the visits in the last month and a half of his life, you literally could not get him to shut up. All of the stories and things he remembered from the past, he would talk from the moment he woke up till the moment he would fall asleep, Ive never laughed so much. He was still a big prankster and jokester and was always making the room of family and friends who were visiting him laugh and smile, even though sometimes all you probably wanted to do was cry. He was even lucky to get a visit from our american family from California who came up to visit the entire family for 2 weeks or so. I know grandpapa was very happy that he got to see those “damn Yankees” one last time , even if it was the first time he had met Morgan and Mark, I know he truly appreciated their time there with him. 13 days before he past away, he was given the best opportunity anyone could ask for in the state he was in, he was moved to The Maison Vale Hospice in Sudbury, which was honestly the best thing for him and the entire family. It was becoming difficult to fully care for him at the level that he needed and the hospice provided exactly that and so much more. It was definitely made to feel like home, the staff were amazing and the hospice is in such a beautiful location overlooking the water, which grandpapa was lucky to get to do down to the docks on several outings while he was there. To top off everything, my sister who had moved to Edmonton earlier that summer, made a surprise visit home for a few days so that she could visit grandpapa, and what a surprise that was, she got to visit him while he was still at home and in the hospice. When grandpapa saw JL walk into the room he actually told her , “ ok, i got to see you and thats everyone, i could die tomorrow now” he was so happy that she flew home to visit him and i know she will always remember and cherish her few days she got to spend with him. Sunday September 7th around 3:30 am my grandpapa passed away, he is now in a better place, pain free and as much as it broke my heart to see an amazing man and role model in my life, my grandpapa, leave the physical earth I will forever know that he will always still be here, with his kids and his grand children and his amazing wife, my grandmaman. Their love is one for the books, a love like theirs is something to strive for, I can only hope that I can be with one person for my entire life. #lovethatlasts….Don’t worry Grandpapa…Its All Good xoxox Love you and Rest in Paradise. Until the day we meet again.
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 03:23:49 +0000
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