My grandmother died tonight

[frualeydis]

Tonight my paternal grandmother (swedish is so much simpler; it's "mormor" for the maternal grandmother and "farmor" for the paternal grandmother) died. She was 83 years old. Even though I haven't had as much contact with her lately as with mormor (who died the 27th of October last year), or ever was as close, she was a vital part of my childhood and youth and a really wonderful person. She and my mother still had contact, even though my mum and dad got divorced in 1972 and for example she came when my half sister finished high school even if they weren't related. I'm so glad that mum and I went to see her and show her Maja two months ago. By then she had been ill for over a year, with some illness that made it impossible to speak. But she wrote notes and was awake and clear in her head. Then three weeks ago, around her birthday she got much worse and was taken to the hospital. My father called to tell me and he was crying. He was at work, they were supposed to go see him later today after work, but she died at four in the morning. I asked if he was going to leave work, but he was meeting a client later today and he said that as long as he didn't talk about it it was okay.

Now my last grandparent is gone. Farfar (paternal grandfather) died in 1998 and morfar ten years earlier, mormor last year and now farmor. It feels odd, they were all such vital people.

I heard Maja sneezing and waking so I'd better go.

Comments

[pinque.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for you and your family.

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Right now I feel mostly...mellow, but I will probably feel more sad when Rickard comes home and I can talk about it.

Eva

[loreleyjacob.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for your loss.

[wengeue.livejournal.com]

I am sorry about your loss. I lost my last grandparent about 5 years ago. I especially miss my maternal grandma, as she died when she was run over by a drunk driver, while walking home from the store. It was so sudden, and I was only 11... I wish I had had the chance to know her better when I was older.

(Here in Seattle I know many people that say 'mormor' and 'farmor', etc. There are lots of Swedes here. I have Swedish ancestry as well, on my mom's side, but by the time I came along they had Americanized.)

[flummoxicated.livejournal.com]

Im sorry. But I'm glad you were able to introduce her to Maja.

[lilithsheeba.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, I know that it's like, I lost my morfar 22nd december 2002.

[sarahbellem.livejournal.com]

{{{Eva}}}

I'm so sorry...

[serenalyons.livejournal.com]

I don't know what to say, I am sorry for your loss. *hugs*

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry to hear this, I just have one left now. My Mormor is 84 and seems to be reaching the point where she can no longer live on her own. She can no longer drive or talk care of her own money accounts, so I know that its only a matter of time before she is no longer with us.

Its very sad to think of them leaving and no longer being a part of our lives here, especially since they were so alive and energetic.

[mirazandar.livejournal.com]

hugs

that was sad

[mc-cadieux.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was sad to read about... Especialy around this time of the year.

I'm so sorry. At least little Maja got to see her once... (By the way, she's SOOOOO cute ! )

All my love and best wishes to you and your family... "Hugs"

[twe.livejournal.com]

I'm very sorry for your loss, but glad she got to see your daughter.