July 22, 2010 = Sad Day for My Family

Tomorrow is going to be a sad day. It is my Grandmother’s (my dad’s mom’s) funeral. She died this past Sunday before my parents, my sister, Sarah, and I could get the chance to go see her in the hospital. And we found out that she is to be buried as close as possible to my baby brother, Justin, whom Mom unfortunately had a miscarriage with. She was only five months along with him. If he was to be alive and went through till full-term, he would be seventeen right now.

It made my parents cry with shock when they found out that she is to be buried by Justin. After all of these years, my grandmother never forgot about him. She made the decision of where to be buried in 2001. And no one knew a thing about it until all of us that were at the hospital found out on Sunday. No one! I have told myself that Grandma is a God-send to my parents, my sister, and me because she is with Justin now. Physically, that is. After the funeral, Mom, Dad, Sarah, and I, and probably my aunt, her family, my uncles, and one of my uncle’s family are supposed to go visit Justin’s grave. I told Mom on Sunday that now we have a reason to at least go to the cemetery once a year because Grandma and Justin are buried in the same cemetery. And also, they are buried in Illinois and we live out in Indiana. Before, we would (unfortunately and very rude of us) go to Justin’s grave once every few or five years.

And what is giving my aunt and Dad comfort is that Dad has said that Grandma is with Grandpa. He died a little over thirty-three years ago.

I hope that at the funeral and the burial, there will be no problems at all. There is this one guy that my dad, aunt, and uncles do not like at all because he has done wrong by the entire family, especially Grandma.

It sucks that this is another death my parents, Sarah, and I have to go through. In December of 2008, we had to put our first dog down. In June of 2009, my Grandmother (mom’s mom) passed away. In May of this year (2010), we had to put our second dog down. And now, in July of 2010, my grandmother has passed away. And then, within the next year or so, my Great-Grandma (mom’s grandma) is most likely going to pass away because she is in her mid-90s. And then within the next few years or so, my grandfather (mom’s dad) is going to pass away.

It is going to be one sad day for all of us, especially Grandma’s five children.