Nan - I miss you

[Jobsharenightmare]

I feel so alone in the pain of losing you. I'm so grateful to have got to my 40s and still had you around and to lose you so suddenly was a blessing for you, but a huge shock to me. I wish they weren't selling your home already. It's too soon for me. I wish I had space for all of your things. I'm keeping as much as I can. I have seen you almost every week of my life, sometimes more. I know you knew you much I adored you. I felt it from you too. And that you got to meet my children and love them and they you makes me so blessed. I can't imagine living the rest of my life without your steady constant support. You were there for us kids through all the shit and through the moments of joy. We made you laugh that last time, as we often did. I don't know if I believe we'll meet again but I hope you are with Grandad if that could be.

Sorry for your loss, OP. It sounds like you had a lovely relationship with your Nan. Would you like to tell us more about her?

Ah thank you. She was a very loyal good humoured and warm Nan. She recently told me how much she still worried about her kids (in their 60s and 70s!) when talking about how motherhood is for me. There was nothing she wouldn't do for us grandchildren. My sibling and I had a really rough time for a while in our childhood and our grandparents took us in. We owe everything to them really. Our lives could have looked so different without their containing love and guidance. They were more like parents than our parents for a time.

Apart from when I briefly moved for university in the North, I have seen my Nan for Sunday lunch every week. She was there for it all. All the good and the terrible loss I suffered 10 years ago. She was home. The last few years working part time I have seen so much more of her and I'm so glad.

Aww lovely words

I hear you and get your pain and sadness

My much loved grandad died this year
We were very close
Still miss him loads

I'm so sorry for your loss. I lost my beloved nan when I was 11. I'm late 50's now and still miss her so very much

Thank you ladies. It's so hard isn't it. I'm sorry for your losses too. I feel so sad at how quickly her house is being sold and as a grandchild I don't get a say understandably, but her home was also mine for a long time and longer emotionally.