Today my grandfather passed away. He went in his sleep at the hospital where my mom works. We had a very small ceremony at the funeral home before Pop Pop was to be taken for cremation. He did not want any elaborate gathering or extended viewings. He lived simple and his send off was simple. The plan is to scatter his ashes into the ocean somewhere in Florida.

It seemed that the handful of relatives that stopped in already came to terms with the situation which kept the ocassion semi-solemn but even spirited. I know when my mom call me at work to tell me what happened I actually felt relief that he does not have to fight it anymore. I imagine many of them felt the same way. My dad said back in April he didn’t think my grandfather was going to last two weeks. Pop Pop put up a battle for 6 months on top of the few years his body made it difficult for the cancer to get a complete foothold.

Sue asked me how I would like my last days to be. I honestly hate to think about it. Of course it is inevitable but why do you have to plan it out? I’ll leave that up to them whevever the time comes. At that point I’m really not going to care.

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