grandma june

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

grandma_june

My Grandma June passed away on Tuesday. She was my last living grandparent. She’d had dementia for almost a decade, and had been ‘gone’ for quite some time, but I still definitely feel the loss. She had six children {five boys, one girl — my mother}, and worked full time at night while her children were asleep. She was a strong, beautiful woman, and I’m honored to be her granddaughter.

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a year ago today.

Monday, December 13th, 2010

a year ago today, everything changed for us.
RIP mom, we love and miss you so much.

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happy birthday mom

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

today would have been my mom’s 53rd birthday.
happy birthday mom
we love you and miss you so much.


today is going to be a happy day, full of spending time with loved ones and enjoying life.


happy sunday everyone

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on how to deal with grief properly

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

does anyone know? because i sure don’t.
are you supposed to be sad all the time?
are you supposed to hide your sadness and focus on the positive?
does it make you a bad person if you aren’t sad all the time?
i guess it’s different for everyone…it’s just hard not having a protocol
i think we are doing okay, for the most part.
lauren has her friends, and her boyfriend (and new cute pup Leila)
i have school, friends, Trav
i’m a little worried about my dad though, he just seems tired, all the time.
but i know he has a really great support system, and really great friends all over that want to spend time with him
that’s why i feel okay going back to san marcos next week.
i felt a lot of guilt at first, because i kind of feel like they need me here more than i need to be back at school
but i realize now that school is where i need to be.
my dad wants me to finish, my mom would have wanted me to finish…so that’s what i will do
i know it’s going to take time for everything to feel real and for like to feel normal again,
but this whole thing has definitely toward me just how much i should appreciate life.
and that’s just what i plan to do, appreciate, love and live
because really, that’s what it’s all about, right?

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