One Missed Soul

            This past summer was very much boring to me until at about 6:00 am on August 10^th I was supposed to wake up, go to work with my mom and afterwards go school clothes shopping. My mom walked in my room and practically shook me awake, with tears flowing freely from her eyes. When I opened my eyes and looked at her I automatically thought the worst, which is exactly what it was. She looked at me, mournfully as if someone had just died. To my surprise, someone did. A woman that I called everyday to say hi and I love you too in Memphis, was gone. Since I was in a deep sleep when my mom walked into my room to break this horrible news to me, I went back to sleep after I heard my grandmother’s tear filled voice through the phone. The next time I awoke, I had passed the news by as simply a bad dream… but it wasn’t a dream. Reality sunk in my heart when I came downstairs to see my great-grandmother’s picture sitting by a cross shaped candle holder, candle lit, and the mood very grim. I immediately plopped down on the chair at the kitchen table and proceeded to cry. Her passing was such a shock to me because we had just drove down to Memphis, Tennessee for the 4^th of July to visit her in the rehabilitation center. They shortly released her to her home and I had talked to her and, my grandmother who was there taking care of her, everyday since she had arrived home. This wasn’t the most exciting thing that happened to me but, it was certainly the most traumatic. My great-grandmother meant the world to me and now that she’s no longer here, I find it hard to still dial that number and know that I can’t say hi or say I love you to her anymore.

            Even though this was a very sad time for me, some good did come out of it. I hadn’t really been around my mom’s side of the family that much, so this gave me a chance to meet them and interact with them. Which, is what my great-grandmother always wanted. I’m thankful that I got a chance to say goodbye, and then again say hello to so many new warm and inviting faces. That just goes to show you that sometimes good things can come from bad situations.