Hard Week

Kerissa • July 13, 2013

This has been another difficult week. On Wednesday, my 89 year old grandpa passed away suddenly, faster than all of us were expecting. He was in the end stages of kidney failure but given 4-6 months to live. But this past Wednesday, he had a catastrophic event—the social worker thinks he must have had a heart attack or something like that. I already miss him so much. :'( This is the second family death in not even 2 months.

One of the things I’ll always remember about my grandpa is how he always made me laugh:

When I was little, he used to call me “shorty.” That was his nickname for me. I didn’t like being called that then, but now…I chuckle!
Ever since I started getting bad headaches last year, he always wanted to know how I’m doing and if I still have “an itchy head.” Haha! For some reason, he got mixed up between those two things!
A few weeks ago, I wanted to take a picture with him, so I told him to say, “Cheese!!” He said, “Cheese!! Bleu cheese!!”