Not saying goodbye.

[Skitzo_Style]

i just found out that my grandfather just passed away at 8:00am this morning at victoria general hospital.

now i am not writing this so everyone will be like" oh i'm sooooo sorry andrew for you're loss." i came to term with his death years ago due to the fact he has been battling cancer for the last 9 years (his death was inevitable).

the reason why i am writing this is because a few weeks back, my mother told me that he was only a few more months away before passing into the next life, so i asked her for his phone number to call him to tell him i love him and wish him a peaceful passing. but i never got around to calling him.

and the funny thing is that i have heard this situation a million times before, but it never makes any sense until it happens to you. now i wish i would have just taken a couple of minutes out of my day to call him, but now that is no longer available to me.

this is a lesson that i learned the hard way, and even though it has been said a million times before, don't wait to long to say goodbye to the ones you love, for the opportunity may just slip away without you realizing it.

[cinist]

sorry andrew, love you buddy

[Skitzo_Style]

love you too gangster.

[mapleleaf4ever]

My condolences man. :(

[tiedye]

the circle of life can be tough shit to deal with man. glad to see you've come to terms already though, I'm sure it makes it somewhat easier.

[Lush]

My condolences Andrew - sorry to hear it :(

[Scarface]

My mom called me a while ago and told me my great grandmother was in the hospital in calgary ....with a brain tumor. I had broken a few toes the day before and wasn't doing anything , so i headed to calgary. It was hard to have a lucid conversation , but it was great to chill with a family member 3 generations away from you. Her funeral was on june 2. I went out for breakfast with my mom and grandma last tuesday...and apparently I was the only grand/ great grandchild to visit her in the hospital (sixteen grandchildren , eleven grandchildren). For the last week of her life I became a great topic of discussion for her...my mom told me that she was showing my picture to all of the nurses and was amazed that I had taken time out of my busy life to see her. The moral of the story. Go see you great grandma if she has a brain tumor.

[Webber]

this might actually happen to me
i found out that my grandpa is in the hospital this morning, his organs are shutting down on him. He wasn't suppose to make it through the night but he pulled through - they dont expect him to make it past this week though.
I'd like to phone him but apparently he's in really rough shape and i can't exactly go visit him right now, i'm in Abby and he's in Saskatoon.
its truely a shitty feeling

[.muffy.]

Sorry to hear about your loss Andrew

[t-skywalker]

funny how time just passes bye sometimes....im so sorry, the same thing happend to me with my nana...i know how ur feeling...every now and then i think about it my self...i hope ur ok hunny. xoxoxoxoxo

[vaporize]

my grandfather recently past away too :(

my parents said he slipped in the bathroom of his own home, and died of heart attack. i remember seeing him 2 years ago, he wasn't able to speak anything :(

RIP dear grandfather at age 91

[nabs]

do you know what.. its never too late to say goodbye. you can say goodbye to him in prayers, and he will recieve them as gifts in the next life :)

my condolences.

[baby-phat]

Aw wow.. that's really sweet, and a great way to look at it. :)

[Skitzo_Style]

Originally Posted by Webber

this might actually happen to me
i found out that my grandpa is in the hospital this morning, his organs are shutting down on him. He wasn't suppose to make it through the night but he pulled through - they dont expect him to make it past this week though.
I'd like to phone him but apparently he's in really rough shape and i can't exactly go visit him right now, i'm in Abby and he's in Saskatoon.
its truely a shitty feeling

do it. call him. make the best out of the time that he has left. do not make the same mistake i did.