9:45pm Tuesday Novemeber 30, 2010

My grandpa is now at peace. He left us just a few days after his 85th birthday. My mom called from her cell phone to tell me at 10:30pm Tuesday night and I knew it was probably the call. Even though we had been preparing for it, it still came as a surprise and it still hurt. I sat on the couch stunned for a moment, cried, hugged my husband and pets and then called my parents' house. I knew my mom had left to be with my grandma, but my dad was still home watching my niece. Bob, Lulu, and I headed to the house to watch her so my dad could be with my mom. I didn't want her to be alone. I spent most of Tuesday with my mom. We ventured out of the house to pick up my grandma and went to Cait's music program, which was cute and cheering - just what we needed. After wards the family came over to my parents' for dinner. It is occasions like these that make you happy your mom still buys frozen costco food to feed the masses. It was nice to see my cousins and uncles, but I wish it had been for happier reasons. I learned a lot in that one day though: Donating your body to science can be complicated and take a while, my grandpa's mom's name was Velvie, he was born in Kansas and he was the youngest of 12 kids. So rest well Grandpa, we'll miss you, we love you, and we'll take good care of Grandma.