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***warning, Long And Random*** Posted: 08-07-07 06:48am
Okay, well the last week has really made
me think of this a lot.
My grandma is about to turn 75 years old,
and for the last few months my family has
been planning a surprise birthday party
for her. over 100 people were invited, and
it was Sunday. We rented a hall and we had
balloons and two huge cakes and everyone
brought a dish, and family from across the
united states that we haven't seen in
years came, it was so neat!
My cousin Beth even made a dvd/slideshow,
it had 355 pictures on it, ranging from
1901-2007. The beginning was pictures of
my grandma and grandpa (he is now dead)
and their 6 kids, and the song was
"remember when" by alan jackson, and I
cried lol because of this verse:
Remember when the sound of little feet
was the music
We danced to week to week
Brought back the love, we found trust
Vowed we'd never give it up
Remember when
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it's just so sweet, they had 6 kids and i
bet that's totally how it was! The song
was so perfect for them, they have an
amazing love story. They met at a skating
rink when she was 16 and they fell in love
and got married and had 6 kids and lived
on a farm. My mom said they were best
friends, they never went to functions
where the whole family wasn't invited, it
was always the 8 of them. & about 22
years ago, my grandpa got hep c (from
drinking i suppose, my family has bad
livers) and got really sick and went into
the hospital, everyone was at the hospital
and he was in a coma and the doctor said
"things are looking up, you guys should go
home and rest" but my grandma wouldn't
leave his side. She stayed there and
everyone else left to go shower, ect.
While everyone was gone, she fell asleep
while holding his hand.. and when they got
back they found them like that, and he had
passed away!
to me, that's the most romantic thing i've
ever heard! they were best friends, and to
me, he was waiting to go until they were
alone, and he died while holding his best
friends hand. (this might sound silly to
you but im sitting here crying lol)
anyway, back to my story.. i cried during
the dvd and that's pretty much all. i just
felt like telling their love story lol i
think it's amazing. im in a hurry now
because we're going out to breakfast, so
i'm going to cut it short, but if you read
it all, thanks
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Bratz72
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Re: ***warning, Long And Random*** Posted: 08-07-07 07:33am
Awww that made me cry ...that is just so
sweet ...made me miss my grandma and
grandpa even more ...they were exactly
like your grandparents ...my grandpa had
prostate cancer which was cured but then
developed kidney failure ..he passed away
in his recleiner right next too my grandma
watching the hockey game ...my grandma
went too wake him up to go to bed and he
was gone ....my grandma few years later
passed away in the hospital ....she asked
the nurse too help her fix her bed free it
of wrinkles and told the nurse too check
on her in about 10 minutes and when the
nurse came back my grandma had passed on
.... its so wonderful you still have your
grandma in your life ....please visit her
and call her as often as you can ....thats
one thing i sure regret not doing and now
its too late ...thanks for sharing your
story
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hopefulmjz
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Posted: 08-07-07 07:56am
That is a wonderful story Terra! I'm glad
you shared.
My grandpa went through almost the same as
Bratz' grandpa did. He had prostate
cancer, and was cured from that and he
died at home in the living room (on a
hospital bed, we knew it was coming) and
that night all 5 of my grandparents girls
(didn't have sons) stayed over that night
and my mom and one of her twin sisters
woke up and went to his side and held his
hand, and watched him take his last
breath. He passed away Thanksgiving
morning in 2002.
He had other cancers as well, but it was
the kidney failure an other organs that
actually killed him.
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arcadia
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Posted: 08-07-07 11:11am
Awh Terra. That's beautiful. I love
grandparents. Especially ones who are so
cute together & you can tell they're
still so in love.
I
miss my grandma.
She was on blood thinners, & she fell
one day, & got a bloody nose. It
wouldn't stop, & she passed out. My
grandpa found her & rushed her to the
hospital. She coded & they brought her
back.. But she was in a coma. She lost so
much blood & had such a lack of oxygen
when she coded, that even if she came out
of her coma, she would have been a
vegetable. My family decided it would be
best to take her off the machines &
just let her go peacefully. My grandpa,
& their 3 kids (my mom, aunt, &
uncle) all sat by her side. They said it
would only take a few hours for her pass
on, but it took over 24 hours! In the last
hour, the nurse said it might help if they
talk to her, & tell her it was okay to
let go. So my mom told me that my grandpa
got up, took her hand, leaned down &
kissed her forehead & said, "It's ok
to let go, Ginny. We're all here with you.
I love you." & She died less than an
hour later.
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 08-07-07 11:53am
oh my god krissy, that totally brought
tears to my eyes.
me and my grandma have this "love hate
relationship" of course we don't really
hate each other lol but we'll be fighting
one minute and the nex we'll be joking
around. i also like to take her and lay
her on the ground and tickle her because
she can't do anything about it hahaha it's
awesome.
we had a great day today, we all went out
to breakfast and then we went out to their
old farm where my aunts and uncles grew
up. it was so neat, a huge field and a
cute house, it was bigger than what i
thought, but there's so much history. i
can totally picture my young grandma and
grandpa living there and raising their 6
kids, i love it. im going to try to find a
picture of my grandma when she was young,
she was hotttttttttt. haha.
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arcadia
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Posted: 08-07-07 11:57am
Awwwh! That would be so cool to see their
farm. I love family history stuff like
that.
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 08-07-07 17:02pm
hm, well thanks to those of you who read
and replied
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Posted: 08-07-07 17:14pm
That is so adorable!! Also very true LOVE
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Posted: 08-07-07 20:30pm
I read it Terra, I just read it while I
was doing my reports so I forgot all about
it. I love ya'lls stories. I don't wanna
tell mine about my nana cause i'll cry
like a baby. It's no love story but I
loved her!
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 08-07-07 20:35pm
i know you and your nana were close love ya mel, dont
cry!
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Amber*Marie
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Posted: 08-07-07 22:14pm
I read it!! I didnt reply because I got
teary eyed. it made me think too much of
my grandpa that just passed away recently.
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 08-08-07 14:28pm
aw that makes me wanna cry. thats so
sweet. i hope steven n i live a long happy
life together with our 6 kids
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 08-08-07 15:48pm
lol I would love to have 6 kids. I know
that it won't happen though, it's more
expensive to raise kids than it was back
then. I would just love to have 6 kids and
raise them and have them be close and have
big get togethers and cook outs and have a
huge family one day like my grandma does.
I think it's so neat. Maybe one day Tommy
and I will have 2, and then we'll try for
another and get triplets or something
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Dale123
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Posted: 08-08-07 18:00pm
HcoBrunette06
wrote:
lol I would love to have 6
kids. I know that it won't happen though,
it's more expensive to raise kids than it
was back then. I would just love to have 6
kids and raise them and have them be close
and have big get togethers and cook outs
and have a huge family one day like my
grandma does. I think it's so neat. Maybe
one day Tommy and I will have 2, and then
we'll try for another and get triplets or
something
YOU CAN DO IT! DO you have any children
now?
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sandyallen
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Posted: 08-08-07 18:25pm
Grandparents are special people! It is
okay to cry! I know that I miss mine!
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 08-08-07 19:25pm
lol no i sure dont, i don't plan on having
some for many years, probably like 5 or 6.
I want at least 2, hopefully 3.
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Dale123
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Posted: 08-08-07 19:35pm
HcoBrunette06
wrote:
lol no i sure dont, i don't
plan on having some for many years,
probably like 5 or 6. I want at least 2,
hopefully 3.
Thats awesome! I am sure you will be a
great mom!
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