The home did a good job and she looked at peace. Funerals in that side of the family run at night and the preacher’s tend to give sermons rather than speak of the departed, but it was a fine service. My cousin preached part of it, and he remembered her well. He spoke of Grandma as the Godly Woman and that’s as it should be. The burial was the next morning next to an old country church, and her husband. It was bitter cold. And sad.
We spent the rest of the week sorting through her many things. It seems strange to sort through all the things a person collects in a lifetime and to bundle some up for remembrance, others for giving away, and others for the dumpster that sat outside.
My grandmother was a good woman. I don’t believe she ever met anyone she didn’t immediately love. She was the kind of person who would cook you a seven course meal even if you were leaving in just a minute, and weren’t hungry. The type of person who when the doctor’s said she had to use a walker to get around, simply lifted the things up and walked while carrying it. She was the sort of woman who while being mugged at gun point would ask the assailant if he knew Jesus and wished that he did. She was full of life, my grandmother, even in death.
I miss her so.
Article comments
1 - Glen Boyd
I feel your pain Mat. It's been a couple of decades since I lost my own grandma ("nana"), but I remember all of it well -- the awkwardness in that hospital room, and finally the loss itself.
More recently, I got laid off (no, not from Blogcritics, but from the job that actually fed me and paid the bills), and yeah, it's pretty bleak out there. I also feel the same optimism about Obama. I supported him in the election, and I still feel like he could be one of the great ones...potentially an FDR or a Kennedy.
He does have a hell of a mess to clean up, and anybody who expects Christ-like miracles overnight is kidding themselves though. Still, I feel a lot better with him driving the boat than I would have if it was the other guy. And like you, I'm scared to death to think what happens once the severance package and the bank account (which was already damaged by another lay off last year) run dry. Scary shit.
As for Ryan Adams, once he sobers up, detoxes, or whatever he has to do this time around, I'm sure he'll be back. I mean the guy can't go two weeks without making another new album, right?
Great article.
-Glen
2 - Mat Brewster
Thanks Glen. I have high hopes for Obama, but I realize there is only so much a president can do.
I'm sure Ryan will be back at some point. I'm just glad he's going to finish this tour since I have tickets. I just hope his "retiring" doesn't mean the show will suck.
3 - El Bicho
well done