re: Have you seen a loved one in a state that crushed you…

Two Sundays ago. I went to visit my last remaining grandmother for the final time. She was home on hospice and despite seeing her 3 days prior, her deterioration was swift and shocked me. She looked worse than a corpse laying there in that bed and saddest thing of all, was she was completely aware of everything. 2 weeks prior to her death, she was full of life and was very active. She went from cooking and cleaning every day and running errands to becoming a husk of her former self when sent home on Hospice.

She passed away the following Wednesday and we buried her two days later. She had planned out her entire funeral down to bible verses to be read at her Eulogy. Our family lost our matriarch and the world lost the best dang cook ever IMO.

The Wednesday following her funeral hit hard. We spoke on the phone every Wednesday night for about an hour and I visited her just about every Sunday. She was a very active woman at age 95 and just recently quit driving.

Two days before she got sick and hospitalized, she called me wanting to know if I could pick up some cornmeal for her as she wanted to fry fish that upcoming week. I told her I would but she never got a chance. She suddenly turned ill, went into the hospital and passed away after 2 weeks.

Take care and spend time with your loved ones fellas. While it may seem they will be here forever, things can quickly change and one day they are no longer with us.