Long Week

Well, it has been a busy week. Lots of family came to town for Gramps funeral and it was great to see everyone. We spent many nights looking at old pictures and telling old stories. He was a great man and we are very lucky to have had him in our lives.

We didn't tell Brother about what happened to Gramps until Monday. We were a little nervous about telling him since Gramps was the first person close to him (that he could remember anyway) that had passed away. We also didn't want to take away his birthday excitement(especially since Gramps passed away on his birthday). He had his birthday party planned for that Saturday and he was counting down the days. One good thing is that he never questioned the big family dinners or all of the family that came to town, he was just happy to play with the cousins. The first time he said anything was Sunday night when we had the family dinner at Granny's retirement center's clubhouse. On the way home, Brother mentioned that Gramps had to stay by himself at his house all night (since he knew that we were at their clubhouse and he didn't see him). He fell asleep in the car on the way home, so we didn't have a chance to talk to him that night, but we knew that we couldn't hold out any longer.

The next day Daddy told him that Gramps had died and that we all miss him very much. Brother paused for a minute and then asked "who killed him?"...Ok, we now know that he has been watching too much Star Wars! He did take the news very well, only questioning his age (he thought that you died when you got to 100 and Gramps was only 87). We should never had worried about him. He is a special little boy!

On to a new week and back to our daily lives and routines.