A loss of a grandparent can be very hard to overcome. If you are you to seeing them everyday or every week losing them later in life in your 20's or older does have an effect on you harder than if you were 2 or 3 years of age. Grandparents have an amazing way of bringing a special touch or feeling to live that very few can bring. What I mean is grandparents have stories they can share or experiences that maybe you did not realize could happen or that you don't understand now. Losing one or all of your grandparents is very hard to overcome.

When you look to your grandfather as an example as a father figure and remember the stories he shared about life, love, and even the jokes that he spoke of often a part of me laughs but a part of me also cries. Because I know that he is not here in human form but in my faith I know he is in heaven and bringing a smile to everyone up there with his humor. It has been 3 years and not a day goes by that I do not think of him. Everyday I try to honor his good name by being the best I can be. To take a moment and say hi to someone, or to send an email to someone letting them know I care. That was the kind of a person he was always giving, laughing, joking, and he had the biggest heart I have ever seen!

There is no doubt that losing your grandparent is tough. But with time and patience the pain does get a little easier. Knowing one day he and I will see each other in heaven is worthy enough to celebrate. But I don't think if I would have lost him at an early age I would have had as much of a hard time letting go.

There is a special place grandparents have in children lives. Ask any child who ever remembers going to there grandparents and the home cook meals or maybe the toys that were bought. Grandparents I always felt and heard treat there grandkids better than there own kids. When it comes to buying things and the way they are around them.

Maybe I am wrong but it seems grandparents always seem special. Losing them is hard in some ways for older kids to deal with but younger kids really don't know or maybe understand what is going on. The loss of a grandparent is something I don't think anyone should have to go through. I hope today and everyday if your grandparent is still alive hug that you would hug them and thank them for all they do for you each and everyday. Most grandparents who have faith do spend a little time on there knees in prayer just so you are protected and safe! You may not ever know it though!

I hope that in remembering there loss that you find comfort in knowing that if you do believe in faith that one day you will see them again in heaven and what a thrill it will be. Remember the loss of a grandparent is very painful depending on your relationship with that grandmother or grandfather but with time it does become a little less easier to deal with it.

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