November 30, 2008

that was the day that my grandpa died. at 6:55 p.m. i remember whenever my dad came over to hannah's house to tell me that he had died. we had been watching hellboy 2 when someone had rang the doorbell. i thought maybe it was jake coming home to get something and the door was locked. but then when donna opened it up, and i saw my dad there, i knew what he had to say. he walked over to the couch and told me we had to talk. he asked if i wanted to talk outside, or right there. i said outside. when we got onto the porch and sat down, he said the exact same thing he did when he told me grandpa had cancer. "brandi, there's no easy way to tell you this..." and then my ears just kinda turned off and i started to cry. my dad even started to tear up, which was crazy. that was the second time i have ever seen him cry in my life. after i calmed down for a few minutes, me, my dad, and hannah :) went over to my grandparents to say good-bye to him. that was easily the hardest thing that i have ever done in my entire life. i broke down crying before i even got all the way into the room. before long, mr. and mrs. rogers were over there too. and i had to call keisha richards and tell her that he had passed away, so then she came over with mrs. adams and we all just prayed on the porch for a little while. hannah was being a great friend just sitting there and let me cry on her shoulder; but we couldn't help but laugh whenever mr. rogers was talking to my grandma and he goes, "well i'm really sorry about your husband. i like your floors." me and hannah just busted out laughing at what he said. good thing, too :) but yeah, it was a crazy time. i had to call my friends and tell them what happened. and my brother. i don't think i called anyone without crying. we had his funeral on tuesday, and i tried reading the poem called 'God Only Takes the Best' but i read the first two lines, and i could NOT do it. so my cousin, hannah jones :) did it for me. afterward we all went to my grandma's house. some of hannah's friends from vernon came to the funeral, which was super sweet of them (and they were HILARIOUS, so they made us feel better). we all just kinda hung out for an hour or so, then they headed back to vernon, and we went to my house to change and stayed there until they left.
it was a roller coaster week, but i'm getting through it, thanks to all my friends :) i love them all!