When Grandpa passed away, at his funeral, the ones given the chance to give their last words, one by one, were his eight children, apart from the other closest friends he had. To save time, because there were a lot of us, when it came to the grandchildren, only my sister, being the oldest, gave the eulogy in behalf of all of us. What we did was, each of us (14 grandchildren) wrote something about our Grandpa and the fondest memories we had with him, and my sister read them.
This time, since the older grandchildren couldn't make it to Nana's funeral, the 8th oldest grandchild, our cousin, Dreidelle, will give the eulogy in behalf of us. I talked to her earlier on the phone and she said she's starting to make hers, and that we can just send her ours when we get done.
Having to write something about Nana and remembering all the beautiful memories I had with her, it's like taking a knife and stabbing my own heart with it with every word I have to write. Oh, trust me, I can write an article about her, and I can go on and on and on. D even reminded me not to write something too long. She knows when I write, I say a lot. I just don't know where to start again. It's as tough as it was for Grandpa. They were two great people! As a matter of fact, the greatest I've met in my entire being, and writing something short won't even come close to giving justice to who and what they really were. I wish I can write a short message with everything important I want the people to know about her. And for sure, the minute I start writing, I'm going to end up crying till I probably get done. But like what my Mama always tells me, cry if you want to. Just cry it out. It's all right to cry.
I will devote time writing my euology later on today.
It hurts! It still doesn't seem real to me. I can still hear her sweet voice and laughter in my ears from that very last time we talked.
Nana, why did you have to leave? :(
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Again, my deepest and sincere condolences, KC. I have read some of your posts about your Nana. It must be so heartbreaking to lose someone you love dearly.
But we have to face it. Death is inevitable. I know it's so hard to do a Eulogy for someone you thought to be so alive in your memory but thinking that's she's inside the coffin would break your heart into pieces.
I did the Eulogy for my Aunt too in September. I broke down. I kept mumbling things in a very disorganized fashion. The good part when you get to write it down is that you could lay down everything well.
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