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6 May 2009 @ 2:26 PM
NCgal81 Join Date: Fri 12th Dec 2008
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The glue to my family is now gone ....

As you guys know , my 94 yr old grand mother has been in failing health for the last 4-5 yrs and has been confined to a nursing home for the last 4-5 yrs . My mom got a call from my aunt on Monday afternoon , informing my mom that my grand mother's blood pressure was extremely low and that my mom & I need to come out to the nursing home asap . As soon as Jeremy got off work Monday evening , him & I along with my mom went to the nursing home to visit my grand mother . When my mom & I got there , my aunt jane and her daughter Teresa were there . My mom & I sat down by my grand mother's bed side and held each one of her hands , caressing her face & telling her how much we love her . My mom & I did not stay long because we knew that Jeremy was tired , especially after working in hot ashphalt mix all day long . My aunt told my mom that my grand mother's blood pressure was exteremely low and that my grand mother had not eaten anything in 3 days due to the fact that she coud no longer swallow . Then yesterday morning my grand mother's breathing changed , my aunt knew that my grand mother was getting closer to the end , my aunt & the nurse then rolled the other bed in my grand mother's room over to the bed my grand mother was in , my aunt then layed down & got my grand mother in her arms and held her for quite a while , then some time arround 6- 7am my grand mother finally took her last breath . My memaw was like my 2nd mother , if I wasn't with my mom or my aunt I was with my grand mother . My grand mother was of the most amazing women I've ever had the pleasure of knowing , she raised 4 kids on her own and helped raise me for the 10 most important yrs of my life . She was always there for her kids and her grand kids , she was always there with the wisest most sincere advice but she never judged you , no matter what you were going through . My grand mother was one of the most godlyiest women I've ever known . With out my grand mother I do not know where I would be & because of my grand mother I am the person I am today .

Bonnie March Cassida March 17, 1916 - May 5th , 2009

Beloved wife/ mother / grand mother & great grand mother

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6 May 2009 @ 2:49 PM Reply # 1
Joanna88 Join Date: Fri 26th Oct 2007
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Grandmoms

I'm sorry to hear about the passing of your grandmother. She sounds like she had a heart of gold: something for all of us to aspire to.

All the best,

Joanna

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15 May 2009 @ 10:03 PM Reply # 2
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May God hold you in his arms

May God hold you in his arms and know she is with him. Peace to you and your Mom and Aunt. She sounded like a beautiful human being (Judi)

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15 May 2009 @ 10:03 PM Reply # 3
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May God hold you in his arms

May God hold you in his arms and know she is with him. Peace to you and your Mom and Aunt. She sounded like a beautiful human being (Judi)

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15 May 2009 @ 10:03 PM Reply # 4
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May God hold you in his arms

May God hold you in his arms and know she is with him. Peace to you and your Mom and Aunt. She sounded like a beautiful human being (Judi)

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17 May 2009 @ 4:42 PM Reply # 5
NCgal81 Join Date: Fri 12th Dec 2008
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Thank you 2 those who kept me in their prayers

I just wanted to say thank you to those who sent me their condolences . My grandmother ( Memaw as I would call her) was a wise , strong , godly woman . She was incredibly intelligent even tho she never finished school , she still never let that strop her , even when she was widowed @ the age of 38 & had four kids to take care , she did what she had to do to make sure her kids were taken care . She never let any of her weakiness get the best o ,f her . My grand mother never judged me , she never put me down just because I was ADD , she always told me that I could anything if I put my mind to it , she thaught me to not let my ADD & all the struggles that come with my ADD keep me from trying new things , never let my weakinesses cause me to backdown from a challange . My grand mother thaught me that god made me ADD for a reason just like he makes every single one of us different for a reason . Even when I got pregnant @ 19 , she never once told me that I needed to get an abortion , she never once told me that because I am ADD that I wouldn't make a good mother . I remember what she said when she found out I was pregnant with William , " she said well we will just have to raise this little one up to be gentleman just like all the male Cassida's before him " My grand mother was an excellient example of how hard work pays off but she was also an excellient example of how to appreciate everything you have , even if it's not much . She taught me that you don't have to have alot of money inorder to have a lot of love . She was always telling stories , stories about all the places that she got to travel , how ever she also told stories about Jesus . I am happy that she is no longer in that nursing trapt in her own body in that bed - yes I hate the fact that she is no longer with us ,how ever I have " oh!!!! sooo many pictures & photo albums of her life, pictures of her & I . I have comfort knowing that she was ready to move on to a different life , I have comfort knowing that she is really happy & that she is with all of her friends , loved ones , including the love of her life ( my grand father) . I have so many photo albums that I plann on making one big scrab book . I am also planning to scann all the pictures that I have into my computer ( once I do some maintance ) once I get all the pictures into my computer I plann on burning all the pictures to RW cd's & make William a photo cd or cds' - so that away William can see where he came from .

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