I was going to write about swimming, and I was going to write about Tetris, but then my Grandad died, so let me indulge, please, in a little tribute, because I want to talk about this wonderful man. I miss him so much already. I already wish I’d spoken to him more often. I already hope that he knows that when I signed my emails “lots of love” I really meant it. Lots of it. Oodles of the stuff.
Oh this is such beautiful writing. Both my grandads died when I was hapū with both kids, meaning it was so late in the pregnancies I couldn't fly back for funerals. But my Nana's passing in 2019 hit me hard. When she got sick, hubby said I should go back to see her before she went. I said I thought our money was better spent on the whole family going to the UK a few months later, then covid. But we got back in 2022, to find my dad has severely declined cognitively. My dad isn't old, and he shouldn't be like this, so we're going back again this year, less of us, shorter time, but it might be the last. Just the other day Miss 12 said "I wish I remember the Grandad you know, before he got sick." and that hurts. Because I do, and I wish we'd done more to get back. I thought he'd be around for at least another couple of decades. Distance is so hard. Kia kaha. Xx
Oh this is such beautiful writing. Both my grandads died when I was hapū with both kids, meaning it was so late in the pregnancies I couldn't fly back for funerals. But my Nana's passing in 2019 hit me hard. When she got sick, hubby said I should go back to see her before she went. I said I thought our money was better spent on the whole family going to the UK a few months later, then covid. But we got back in 2022, to find my dad has severely declined cognitively. My dad isn't old, and he shouldn't be like this, so we're going back again this year, less of us, shorter time, but it might be the last. Just the other day Miss 12 said "I wish I remember the Grandad you know, before he got sick." and that hurts. Because I do, and I wish we'd done more to get back. I thought he'd be around for at least another couple of decades. Distance is so hard. Kia kaha. Xx
What a beautiful, moving tribute! May his memory be a blessing.