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Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Blog temporarily on hiatus....

...but not before one last statement or two that should explain why.

Yesterday the heavens gained another soul. She was old, and dying. She wanted to leave her place on this earth for a very long time. She wanted to leave the pain, and the suffering she endured in her long life.

She came from a small village in Italy. She was married young, as part of an arranged marriage if I'm not mistaken. She came to the United States with her husband and her daughter in 1949.

She watched her daughter marry someone that she didn't necessarily like. She lost her son in suspicious circumstances when he was just barely 20. She watched her daughter suffer raising an autistic son, and a brilliant daughter.

She watched her granddaughter marry someone that her daughter didn't necessarily like, but she loved because her granddaughter loved him. She threatened his life at the wedding - twice. In good humor. DH and I would laugh about that a lot when we'd remember those threats.

She suffered from diabetes. She watched her sisters suffer and die from the afflications related to the disease. She would yell at God for what she was going through and why she had to suffer like that. When she no longer had the strength to yell, she would cry.

Sunday, I'm told, she finally gave up crying, and yesterday she left this earth. I can't say that she will be missed... because she already is.

I do miss you already, Grandma. I know you were kickin' your heels up last night stirring up trouble...

...just like you did down here on earth.
 

~WhizGidget wondered about this on 3/09/2004 05:53:00 AM~
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