For My Grandparents

So my Grandmother (on my Father's side) died the 30th of March at about 11:30 PM. Oddly enough, I'm not terribly distressed about it. I suppose it's because my Grandfather died three years prior so neither one was left behind, and Grandma was lower than sea level (so to speak) the weeks, or maybe even months, leading up to her death. Another factor was, perhaps, because she moved up to Montana where her daughter lives three years ago, after Grandpa died, and that was where most of my sadness took hold, because I knew I'd never see her again. And yet, at the same time, part of me was relieved that she didn't leave so very near us anymore, and looking back on it, that's kind of sad. It's not that I didn't like her, or even really saw her as a burden. I loved her a massive amount, and I know that that was mutual. I suppose... my Dad's siblings don't communicate very well, and as a repercussion, I don't know many of my cousins on my Father's side of the family. I don't want to get into that, since that, to me, is sadder than my Grandmother's death, and since I'm listening to the K-Pax soundtrack (which, by the way, is fairly sad-sounding), I feel like I might start crying anyway, and Mom has given me twelve minutes to do this post, I'm not going to get into it.

Today, I got up, dreading school, only to find out that I only had two subjects and then we had to go to the graveyard to bury Grandma's body. (Mind you, we buried her body, not her) I, I'll admit, didn't want to go, seeing no point, but I'm glad I did, although partly because I was able to see how one, they got the coffin in the hole, two, how they got the straps that dropped the coffin down back out, and three, talk a little to people, even if it was cold, windy, and there were rain clouds approaching. After getting home, my sister, her husband, my Uncle, my Aunt, two of my cousins, one of my cousin-in-laws, and my little first cousin once removed came over and the older ones (in other words, excluding the three year old) gathered together and shared stories about Grandpa and Grandma, which I think some of my relatives needed. We pulled out some pictures and were reminiscing some more when some church members brought us supper and we had some wonderful food and fellowship. My brother-in-law and his wife departed first, followed fairly closely by my cousin, his wife, and his daughter. My Uncle, Aunt, and cousin stayed a couple hours longer, although I didn't take much part with them, because my Uncle talked to my Dad, my Aunt talked to my Mom, and my cousin talked to Lanthanum, and although I tried to stay a part of that conversation, they often seem to subconsciously exclude me. I soon left and watched a wonderful Star Trek: Voyager episode. I wanted to end this better, but it's 10:16 and Mom asked me to get off at 10:15, so I'd best get off. Perhaps I'll articulate more later. In the meantime, have a great day.