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Death and dying...

I lost another grandparent last night. One of my featured stories here for many years is about the loss of my dad's parents some years ago. This time it was Mom's mom.

Omi, as I called her, had suffered from Alzheimer's for several years now. She was bed bound and non-verbal so her passing really comes as a relief in many ways.

Sad... that she is gone...
Relieved... that her suffering is over...
Angry... that this wretched disease prevented the saying of goodbyes...

I'm home with my family on bereavement leave for a while. Not sure if that means I won't be on here much or if it means I'll be on here constantly. We shall see...
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pdqsailor1 · 61-69, M
I am very sorry for the loss of your Grandmother.. My Mothers Mother also was stricken with Alzheimers.. My observation is that if highly intelligent people are stricken with it then none of us are safe from it.. Death comes to all of us, some sooner, some later, some as a thief some as a friend... When I told my Daughter (then aged about ten that no one gets out this world alive on the death of her Great Grandmother - her instantaneous reply was "yah, what about the Astronauts????" I thought perhaps a future lawyer - leave it to a ten year old to find the flaw in the argument.. May her memory be a blessing..