My grandma passed last Thursday after a 13 month battle with brain cancer, and her funeral was today. She was one of the kindest, most upbeat, spiritual, and thoughtful people I’ve ever known, and she’s left a hole in my whole family’s hearts. The In-laws were her children too, she never passed a moment to spend with us grandchildren, and selflessly gave to help neighbors and friends through everything. I was really close (as were my 10 and 7 year old cousins), and I’m going to miss her for a long time…
edit: I was looking through her scriptures and found a note dated a few months before her diagnosis saying
Things to do before I go:
1: make sure grandchildren know they’re loved
2: help each grandchild to love the gospel
3: love [her husband] more and more each day
4: love my in-laws like my children
5: do things to build the Kingdom of Zion.
and that just was what set me off… she was never thinking of herself, always other people and what she could do for them.