Day 11 — A deceased person you wish you could talk to
My Grandpa. He passed away last year on September 16. It was really unexpected. I had just talked to him a couple nights before his death and it seemed like he was in good health. When I got the news I was in shock. My Grandpa’s death was the first death I experienced in my family. I was in denial when I got the news. I didn’t know how to take the words Grandpa Neto passed away this morning. I just couldn’t register it. Two months before his death he wanted to take a picture with me, Perry and Sean. I thought it was kind of funny because he never wants to take pictures out of the blue like that. I think he did it because he knew he was dying and wanted his grandsons to have a recent picture of him before his death. That’s the only logical explanation I can think of.
I wish I could ask him: “Did you know you were dying?” “If you did, why didn’t you tell us?” “Did you take a picture with us [Me, Perry and Sean] because you wanted us to have a recent picture with you before your death?”
I miss you, Grandpa.