The phone rang around 8am this morning. It was Jo’s uncles girlfriend. Jo’s grandmother passed away around 7:30am this morning. They said she went peacefully, after throwing up twice in a row (which probably took what little bit of energy she had left). In the room when she passed; Jo’s mom, Jo’s dad, aunt Brenda, Pop (Jo’s grandfather) and Jo’s cousin Lee, which was the first grand-baby. Lee said that when she passed, she had a tear in her eye.

A part of us is relieved that she’s no longer in pain and suffering from the cancer (3 different cancers that took over her body) and the other part wishes she didn’t have to go. I guess that’s normal though because I remember feeling like that about my loved ones passing too.

The day his grandmother called us in one by one to say her final goodbyes (that was last Thursday), she told me to take care of “her” Jody. I told Jo I was so happy we made it there in time to say our goodbyes before the morphine took over. Jo said he was happy too and he said “thank you” for nagging him so much about moving here. I knew this is where he wanted to be too but I think it took actually getting here for him to really realize it.

Anyway. Nan was as good as gold, as everyone keeps telling me and I even witnessed myself. She was definitely loved and will most definitely be missed but she’s in a better place.