Goodbye, Grandma.

With great sadness, I must mention that my grandmother passed away yesterday afternoon during lunch at the Greenwood House Rehabilitation center. I had just seen her last week for Passover (Greenwood House is Kosher) and she had seemed to be doing well--she has been there due to a slow healing leg wound that had caused her to feel extremely cold and sent to the hospital about a month ago. However, Grandma has had trouble walking for a while, and was having trouble relearning how recently after being mainly in a wheelchair at the center--and in her bed.

Grandma was 90, and had been married to my Grandpa for about 64 or 65 years. Grandpa always looked after Grandma with great care and came to visit every day--the center is very close to his house. He is 92 and is taking the loss well, but is obviously very emotional--when handling phone calls, he sounded a bit hoarse at times and looked like he would break down when we hugged him.

The funeral will be on Tuesday. I loved you immensely, Grandma.

I offer my condolences to you, Glow, just as you and everyone else here did when I lost my dad. RIP.

Thank you, rather fortunately, my brother was in a triathalon near Trenton--where they live, and my mother was planning to visit them afterwards. My dad and I went over to give my mother a few things as she planned to stay overnight and we out for dinner with grandpa and brought my brother home. I am okay, but of course, I really miss Grandma as we were very close. Also, that now makes my total of grandparents down to one. I lost my other grandmother--on my dad's side a few years ago to cancer, and I never met her husband, who died before I was born.

Sorry to hear about this Glowworm, and my condolences to you and your family too.

I'm really at a loss for words about the passing of your grandmother, Glowworm. Ninety years is well beyond the American norm, which is a sure sign of living very well and very rightly. But what really stands out is sixty-four years of marriage. I haven't lived that long, and here's sixty-four years of being an absolute partner to your grandfather. In a world full of impermanence, this is awesomely marvelous. I can only be humbled at ninety years of perseverance and sixty-four years of fidelity. I hope you attain these treasures as well.

I know, even Grandma herself was surprised when she turned 90--we of course had a party for her back in December. 64 is indeed a beautiful number, and they were truly a wonderful couple.

Days late to the sad event, but my condolences to you and your family. My folks are both in their 80's; I am finding the topic of life lived long to be profound and fascinating. Seniors inspire me now. My very best wishes to your surviving grandfather. I hope he is well in this sad time.

He's doing pretty well, my mother calls him practically every day right now. He's really something--and so was grandma.