Originally Posted by kassieq:
“Thanks, everyone, I didn't know him very well, just met at family gatherings, its the kids I feel sorry for, they are 9 & 12, the boy used to go to footy with him every weekend, and the girl was very much the apple of her grandad's eye, so they are old enough to miss him. Like you say, puts your own problems into perspective.”
“Thanks, everyone, I didn't know him very well, just met at family gatherings, its the kids I feel sorry for, they are 9 & 12, the boy used to go to footy with him every weekend, and the girl was very much the apple of her grandad's eye, so they are old enough to miss him. Like you say, puts your own problems into perspective.”
My granny who did most of the day-to-day bringing up of my sister and I died on December 21st when I was 14 and my sister 20. It's hard - for example, when we were putting up the tree today, we were thinking about her. But in a way it's then easier to remember her as there are all the cues, which may not seem like much now for them, but is a help. And the fact that they are old enough to both miss him now and retain memories of him is also good, once the inital grief subsides.
