Well, my grandma died today. I'm glad she's no longer suffering - she had terminal lung cancer, kidney failure, and a whole host of problems, including a tube in her lungs that gave her constant pain. I was in school when she passed on...my parents were at the hospital with her, though they had to leave the room before she would give up her spirit. The chaplain there told them that, in her experience, many people do not want to die if their family is in the room with them. So my mom and dad went to lunch and came back...and she had left.

I'm glad she's in a better place - and I truly believe that she is - but I'm so sad that she left. I never got the chance to be as close to her as my other grandma because she moved around all the time and never lived closer to us than an hour away. She liked to travel, and loved her independence so much...I'll miss her...

I'll always remember her for her love of butterflies...