Lost Loved Ones. . . . .

[Absinthe]

I just got home from school a little while ago to find out that Bob (my dad's godfather and the closest thing to a Grandfather I've ever had) passed away this morning. He was diagnosed with colon cancer less than a month ago. It is just so hard to believe that he is actually gone, you know what I mean? He's not the first person in my life that I've lost, but I find myself at a different junction in my life. Its terribly sad that he's gone, but right now I can't seem to wrap my head around it. (I just found out like an hour ago). Now, tonight, I have to give a speech at the National Honor Society induction ceremony and act like everything is cool. Do you know how hard that is? Bob was a huge part of my life and now he's gone. . . . .


I guess what this post was really about is. . . .Have you lost someone close to you? How did you take the news?

[Laura]

I'm sorry. Losing someone is never easy.

I lost my aunt to lung cancer a couple of years ago. When I heard the news she had cancer, I was upset. I went to see her in the hospital and she didn't look human anymore ... I regret it in a way because now all I ever see of her is that image. When she died, a week after I saw her, I cried. It was hard. She was the first person I've ever lost that I was close to.

My sympathies, though. I know it will be hard to do that speech tonight.

[Sharon]

gosh that's awful, so sorry to hear about Bob. Personally, I never knew my grandfathers and I barely remember my grandmother on my mother's side. My 13th birthday party I invited one of my grandmother's (my father's side) friends and she agreed to cancel any appointments she might have that day as long as I can convince my Dad to pick her up because she has no way of getting to our house. We weren't really that close, I mean I wasn't around her a whole lot but when I was, I remember feeling like I can talk to her and she actually was willing to listen to me not like other older people who listened to what I said but it just went out the other ear. But I felt so bad because I forgot to ask my Dad. A few months later she passed away and I didn't tell her that I was sorry. It's strange now that I think about it, I always like to say that I've got no regrets but that is some thing I regret, if I could have done something differently I would have remembered to ask my Dad or at least go back and apologize to her. Well I hope you get through the speech alright. ..and I hope you'll cope just as well.

[fightingirishman]

I'm sorry to hear that! The only person I've lost in my family was my grandma when I was 13. I reacted really oddly, I thought. She'd been sick for a few months, but I wasn't really all that upset. I guess because it was my first experience. I felt terrible about it, because my family saw her fairly often (once a week), but I don't know, it was a really strange experience. Anyway, I really hope you're able to pull it off. I'm not familiar with the NHS, but you can't tell them that you lost someone close, and if you are rattled, that that is the reason? Anyway, again, I'm sorry for your loss.

[Oxel]

I only have one grandma .

[fightingirishman]

I'm sorry to hear that Leon.

[thecrazybeautiful]

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that. It's gotta be hard losing someone so close.

I've lost one of my grandmothers, but I was never close to her. I didn't even go to her funeral. She was on my mom's side, and the reason my mom is so harsh on me. My grandma treated my mom real bad when she was growing up, and it's the way my mom's learned to treat me, so I kinda blamed my grandma for a while after she died.

I still don't feel really bad about losing her, so I don't really know how you feel, but I hope you'll get through it alright.