My lovely Grandad

[HopeBreedsEternalMisery]

Evening everyone!

I found out 2 days ago that my amazing Grandad on my mum’s side passed away on Friday 8th December, of septicaemia. He was lovely, hilarious, resilient and had the best advice, especially when I was going through a rough time a few years back. My mum didn’t want to tell me until I was home from uni for the Christmas holidays, which is perfectly understandable (I couldn’t comfort her over the phone, and she couldn’t comfort me either ) so the grief is pretty fresh. I was upset when my mum told me on Friday, but I know that he would want me to carry on, and he told me the day before he was proud of me

I’m ‘okay’, I guess. I lost another grandparent back in September which was completely unexpected, so the grief from that is still there, on top of this. I just want to keep an eye on my mum, as she’s never had to go through the pain of losing a parent. She had been close to losing my Grandad many times, but it was something so simple that made him lose the will to fight?!

I’m just here to vent, really. I’ve talked to my parents about him and we’ve shared happy memories and had a laugh, which is what he’d want us to be doing. I’m sure there are some of you who have lost a parent/grandparent, so know what I’m talking about.

Have a lovely evening and week :)

I am sorry that your Grandad has died, I only have my mum left now so know exactly how difficult it can be for you. You sound like you had a wonderful realtionship with him, you were very lucky and you and your mum will share some wonderful memories of him. Septicaemia can develop into a very serious condition, my FIL passed away with it.
Hugs

It is hard I know - but he sounds like a great guy and you must feel truly blessed to have known him and to have been loved by him.

Sorry for your loss. Your Grandad sounded like a lovely man. That's great that you and your parents can talk about the good memories and have a laugh. Gets you through a lot a good sense of humour does. Take care.

Thank you all for your lovely messages Yes, he was indeed a lovely man and I’m so blessed to have had him in my life.

It’s going to be a tough process, but just got to take one day at a time. Sometimes I feel selfish because my mum lost her FATHER, but she’s reassured me that it’s okay, that everyone grieves in different ways.

God bless you all

God bless you too

Thank you for all your support guys. This Christmas has been hard, but really nice aswell! We spent Christmas day with my nan and ate a lovely dinner with her, and just spent some quality time, as who knows how long we have left with her, god bless her soul :(

We’ve set a date for the funeral, which isn’t that far away but I’d like to view it as a celebration of his life as he was just so full of fun.

The grief is still fresh and it’s made the festive season somewhat harder to bear, but as long me and my family are together, that’s all that matters. :)

I hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas, thanks again for all your support

I lost my lovely Grandad on Jan 12 and we buried him on Fri. He was 95, he had a good life and it was a peaceful end, but I just feel a huge gap.
He was my last grandparent and I'm struggling with the fact I'm no-one's granddaughter anymore.
I've been here before with both my wonderful Nanas, so I know time will heal, but I'm struggling atm.
I'm going to miss him hugely, his wisdom, stories, advice and love. X