I don't know where to put/send this but want it somewhere.
Dear Grandma,
although you aren't my Grandma I had known you since I was 17 and you demanded to meet me to see if you approved of me or not. Since that day you welcomed me into the family with open arms, I never got any special treatment and was treated and spoken to like all the other grandchildren which I really appreciated.
It was never a chore to visit you when DH and I came to visit his parents and we used to use our time at yours to escape from everyone else.
Thanks to your generous gift of enough money for a deposit, that was completely out of the blue, we were able to buy our first house. When we got married we know you weren't happy with not inviting everyone but I am glad you came and could see DH get married.
We made every effort to come up as often as we could with DD to see you as we knew you were getting weaker. It was very hard for me knowing you were so ill in hospital and were not likely to come out and being banned from visiting you because of my pregnancy. I wish I could have come up once before you left us, just so you could see me through the window, but I hope the letters and pictures DD1 sent you made up for that. I am glad that DH managed to see you one last time as it has hit him hard, he loves you so much that it is still hard for him now to believe you are gone.
Your beautiful second grandaughter was born 2 days before your birthday and I know it woudl have have been fun to wind you up about being proved wrong as you were so convinced she was a boy.
Today we found out that you have left us enough money to fix up our house, pay off all our debts and half the mortgage of the house you helped us buy. I cannot describe to you what a difference this will make to us, and that if it wasn't for you we would still be renting somewhere but I wish that you could be here instead, I wish that you could have met DD2 and I wish you could have seen DD1 again before you died, she is the picture of your duaghter, her grandma, and was so well behaved at your funeral you would have been so proud.
I just want you to know that I am so, so grateful, beyond words, for the difference you have made and are going to make in our lives, but I still wish you were there, in your cosy house, ready with a cuppa and a kind word.
I miss you, and so does DH, more than he could ever say.
R
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