Anyone else miss their sweet grandparents? Time only makes it harder 😕

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Yes. My grandma was like my mom. She passed May 2021. I agree time only makes it harder- especially when I can’t pick up the phone and call her. I’m coming to learn that the hole in my heart won’t go away. I’ll just have to learn how to live with it and honor her legacy.

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So much! Have my grandfathers photo on my desk. Sometimes I just cry looking at it. His wife is still alive and I cry even thinking about losing her too. I’ll have no grandparents left when she is gone.

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Miss them very much

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I never was close to both sets of grandparents since I’m a child of immigrants, they lived so far away and didn’t see them much plus pre FaceTime/Skype/WhatsApp. But my children now are near both sets of grandparents and very grateful they have that experience being close to their grandparents. Grandparents are a treasure.

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