It was a cold, winter day in January of 2009. I was at home laying in bed sound asleep while my Grandpa was at his house suffering in bed from Bone Cancer. My Grandma was right there with him holding his hand crying. I heard the phone ring at about 11:30 p.m so I went upstairs to see what was going on. My mom and dad were both crying and I asked if what was going on. My mom told me to wake my brother and sisters up so that we could go over to my Grandma and Grandpa's house. Automatically I knew something was very wrong. We got over to their house and right when I walked in, I just stood there in shock. My Grandpa was lying there, eaten away by his cancer. He layed there and tried to wave to me and tell me goodbye. He could barely lift his arm that was about a third of the size that it originally was. My dad went over to his bed and started crying. My dad is a tough guy so you know it really got to him. He was very scared because he didn't know what he would do without his dad. He said that he apprecitates everything that he did and that he was going to miss him. Right when my dad said that, I knew that my Grandpa was done. I told him that I would miss him and I loved him a lot. His last words directly to me were "I love you and you stay active. When you have a question, talk to God and He will help. It always worked for me. I hope you never forget me as the person I used to be when I was healthy. Don't remember me like this." And his last words to everyone were, "I know you will all miss me a lot but please move on. I'll be in a better place." I will never forget those words and I won't forget all the fun times I had with him. He was the best Grandpa anyone could ever have and to this day, I still cry when I hear about people like that. It's hard to watch people go through that. He did it for a year and a half and it made it hard on me to watch him try to do his work and hardly be able to walk because the cancer deteriorated his bones. He is still loved majorly by me and he will never be forgotten.
Love you and miss you Grandpa. <3
