Sabine
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Oh, Grace, I can tell how much you must have loved your gran. I am sorry for your loss xx
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irishbunny
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Thanks Sabine, I think it helps writing letters to her even if she can't read them.
Sabine
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I agree and make sure you keep them.
irishbunny
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Nana, I know I wrote you a letter already today but I just have so much to say right now that I need to write you another one. Well, I think everyone had some bit of a good time at your wake tonight, especially towards the end, but you were gone at that stage since the undertakers came to get you at ten o'clock. Guess what, tons of people came! All your friends and family came to visit you, I knew you would have liked that since you were always one for gatherings. Your best friends Nancy and Mary came, yes, Nancy is out of hospital now, you were lucky to have her to keep you company while you were in hospital. Your brothers in England came home too! They came home last night but you were gone before they got to see you, but they came to the hospital.
Your sister Mary came too, I always liked her and I remember when I was little we went for a walk together before. She hadn't seen me since I was a tiny thing. Well, when I arrived at your house and saw you in the coffin in the sitting room I thought you looked alot better, you were dressed in your finest clothes, the way you would want to have been. Everyone sat around you and chatted, it was like a family reunion some of us hadn't seen eachother since Grandad's funeral. You would have liked that.
Fr. Mc Namara came at about ten o'clock and the rosary was said for you, don't worry, we didn't forget to put your rosary beads with you. The hardest part of the wake was at quarter to ten when the undertakers came to take you from your house for the very last time, the house you reared all your children in and lived in since you married grandad over 40 years ago. They wheeled out your coffin and we walked after it, your daughters Carmel, Mary and Patricia took it hard, they miss you alot. We watched as the hearse pulled away from your house, it was so hard to believe that you would never come back.
Soon after we gathered in the sitting room, except the family wasn't complete, because you weren't there. We had to make plans for your funeral Nana, the thing we never believed we would have to face. I volunteered to do a prayer of the faithful at your funeral, I hope you'll be proud.
The highlight of your wake was when we were deciding on what to bring up for the offeratory, we decided to bring up a picture of you and Grandad when you first met, you were one handsome couple! We also decided to bring up a picture of you and grandad that you had at you bedside, one of the last ones you took together. Your daffodils came up in your garden too! So we decided a bunch of them would be a good idea to bring up too.
But guess what Nana, I remembered something you told me when I was very young, and it stuck in my mind, almost as if it was supposed to for a reason. You had lot's of holy statues beside your bed, and I remember when I was so about 5 or 6, and I was sitting in the bed beside you and we were looking at your statues, and you pointed out one and said 'My mother gave that statue to me', and for some reason that has always stayed at the back of my head, so I said today 'There is a statue of Our Lady in Nana's room that her Mother gave her'. They all looked at me and said 'Really?'. I was the only one who knew it was that special to you Nana, and they said because I knew, I could bring it up in the offeratory, I have it now here at home, I hope you don't mind that I took it. I wrapped it in some kitchen paper so it won't break and put it up high. That means alot to me Nana, and I really hope that I can keep it if everyone else in the family let's me.
At the wake they were saying that yesterday you were in the best form you have ever been in since you had the stroke, back to your old self, cracking jokes and everything. Almost as if you knew your time was coming. I wish I could have seen you yesterday, because when I saw you last Saturday you weren't in the best of form. At least you aren't suffering now and died pain free. I'll see you tomorrow Nana, for the very last time. I can't sleep at all now, it hurts too much.
Love you and miss you always,
Grace xxx
Your sister Mary came too, I always liked her and I remember when I was little we went for a walk together before. She hadn't seen me since I was a tiny thing. Well, when I arrived at your house and saw you in the coffin in the sitting room I thought you looked alot better, you were dressed in your finest clothes, the way you would want to have been. Everyone sat around you and chatted, it was like a family reunion some of us hadn't seen eachother since Grandad's funeral. You would have liked that.
Fr. Mc Namara came at about ten o'clock and the rosary was said for you, don't worry, we didn't forget to put your rosary beads with you. The hardest part of the wake was at quarter to ten when the undertakers came to take you from your house for the very last time, the house you reared all your children in and lived in since you married grandad over 40 years ago. They wheeled out your coffin and we walked after it, your daughters Carmel, Mary and Patricia took it hard, they miss you alot. We watched as the hearse pulled away from your house, it was so hard to believe that you would never come back.
Soon after we gathered in the sitting room, except the family wasn't complete, because you weren't there. We had to make plans for your funeral Nana, the thing we never believed we would have to face. I volunteered to do a prayer of the faithful at your funeral, I hope you'll be proud.
The highlight of your wake was when we were deciding on what to bring up for the offeratory, we decided to bring up a picture of you and Grandad when you first met, you were one handsome couple! We also decided to bring up a picture of you and grandad that you had at you bedside, one of the last ones you took together. Your daffodils came up in your garden too! So we decided a bunch of them would be a good idea to bring up too.
But guess what Nana, I remembered something you told me when I was very young, and it stuck in my mind, almost as if it was supposed to for a reason. You had lot's of holy statues beside your bed, and I remember when I was so about 5 or 6, and I was sitting in the bed beside you and we were looking at your statues, and you pointed out one and said 'My mother gave that statue to me', and for some reason that has always stayed at the back of my head, so I said today 'There is a statue of Our Lady in Nana's room that her Mother gave her'. They all looked at me and said 'Really?'. I was the only one who knew it was that special to you Nana, and they said because I knew, I could bring it up in the offeratory, I have it now here at home, I hope you don't mind that I took it. I wrapped it in some kitchen paper so it won't break and put it up high. That means alot to me Nana, and I really hope that I can keep it if everyone else in the family let's me.
At the wake they were saying that yesterday you were in the best form you have ever been in since you had the stroke, back to your old self, cracking jokes and everything. Almost as if you knew your time was coming. I wish I could have seen you yesterday, because when I saw you last Saturday you weren't in the best of form. At least you aren't suffering now and died pain free. I'll see you tomorrow Nana, for the very last time. I can't sleep at all now, it hurts too much.
Love you and miss you always,
Grace xxx
Becca
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Oh Gracie, by those letters everyone who reads them can truly see how much your Nanna meant to you 
I really hope you carry on writing those letters, you should print them out too
I bet she is back with your Grandad again and they are happy together again, My PM Box is open for you, and MSN - Hope you are okay..... Best wishes
I really hope you carry on writing those letters, you should print them out too
I bet she is back with your Grandad again and they are happy together again, My PM Box is open for you, and MSN - Hope you are okay..... Best wishes
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What beautiful letters Grace.
can i say, grace, you were really lucky to see and speak to your granny the weeks leading to her going to heaven.
my granny was in a coma. i was only 8 and did not know what , well i knew what death was, and what leads up to it. but i did not notice. every day traveling up to belfast royal victoria hostipial. and going back again. you understand the 2hrs on the bus is not enjoyable from derry.
but she woke up. she told me to go home. she slipped in to a coma again. i was told granny could still hear you elena. so i talked to her saying good bye, then during that nifght she went up to heaven. i was told by her to go. now i still miss her. i don think about her every day, but when i do i think of the small short memerys i have. and smile.
i know you are strong and can pull through this.
i belive and know you can.
my gran and yours must be chattin away in heaven now.
laughing at us talking about there sad moments. prayong for us to tell the good.
if i am alowed i would go up. i am off till wensday. but i dont really really know you or your gran so i dont think i will go up.
but if you want i will. pm ur address.
hugs. xoxoxox
my granny was in a coma. i was only 8 and did not know what , well i knew what death was, and what leads up to it. but i did not notice. every day traveling up to belfast royal victoria hostipial. and going back again. you understand the 2hrs on the bus is not enjoyable from derry.
but she woke up. she told me to go home. she slipped in to a coma again. i was told granny could still hear you elena. so i talked to her saying good bye, then during that nifght she went up to heaven. i was told by her to go. now i still miss her. i don think about her every day, but when i do i think of the small short memerys i have. and smile.
i know you are strong and can pull through this.
i belive and know you can.
my gran and yours must be chattin away in heaven now.
laughing at us talking about there sad moments. prayong for us to tell the good.
if i am alowed i would go up. i am off till wensday. but i dont really really know you or your gran so i dont think i will go up.
but if you want i will. pm ur address.
hugs. xoxoxox
irishbunny
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Nana, I suppose today was one of the hardest days so far since you died, because it was the last time I would ever see you again. We sat around you in the mortuary, me, Heather and Ciara sat together, there was also your sister Mary, all your brothers from England and your brother Jimmy, Grandad's sister Kathy, Kathy's sister in law, mam and Tracey, Della, Jacinta and Damien. Dad, your daughter Mary, Patricia, Carmel, Paddy and Grandad's brother Anthony. We didn't really bring any of the small kids but Sam and Oran saw you, Oran said you looked pale, but he also said that you were sick and now you don't feel sick anymore.
Hundreds of people came, all the people you had touched in your 71 years of life, to shake our hands and say they're sorry for our troubles and to stand beside you and say a prayer. The time came at the end to say goodbye to you, I touched your hands and said 'Goodbye Nana', to be honest I was suprised to feel how cold you were, but it was still you. Everyone cried and didn't want to let you go, and your sister Mary, who is the spitting image of you held your hands and kissed you on the forehead.
They brought you away to put the top on the coffin, and we cried and hugged eachother, I missed you already. On our way to the church we brought you one last time past your house, we stopped outside it for a few minutes, to give you a chance to say goodbye to the house that had been your everything. In the church we said some prayers, and the priest said you were with Grandad now again, and I hope you are, that's the way you always wanted it to be.
We went back to your house for awhile, and Sam, Ben and Oran were really upset and crying, Patricia explained to them that you were happy now, you weren't sick anymore, you were with Grandad like you always wanted to be and you didn't even need your walking stick anymore.
Your death marks the end of an era, Nana. The end of your life and Grandad's, I will never hear your voice again, jump up into the bed beside you while you talk about when you were little, make you tea and chat, have you for Christmas dinner, we'll never again get our usual Christmas pyjamas, never see you smile. There are so many things missing in my life now your gone, and I don't know how I can get through this.
I miss you, miss you, miss you and love you like you will never know.
Grace xxx
Hundreds of people came, all the people you had touched in your 71 years of life, to shake our hands and say they're sorry for our troubles and to stand beside you and say a prayer. The time came at the end to say goodbye to you, I touched your hands and said 'Goodbye Nana', to be honest I was suprised to feel how cold you were, but it was still you. Everyone cried and didn't want to let you go, and your sister Mary, who is the spitting image of you held your hands and kissed you on the forehead.
They brought you away to put the top on the coffin, and we cried and hugged eachother, I missed you already. On our way to the church we brought you one last time past your house, we stopped outside it for a few minutes, to give you a chance to say goodbye to the house that had been your everything. In the church we said some prayers, and the priest said you were with Grandad now again, and I hope you are, that's the way you always wanted it to be.
We went back to your house for awhile, and Sam, Ben and Oran were really upset and crying, Patricia explained to them that you were happy now, you weren't sick anymore, you were with Grandad like you always wanted to be and you didn't even need your walking stick anymore.
Your death marks the end of an era, Nana. The end of your life and Grandad's, I will never hear your voice again, jump up into the bed beside you while you talk about when you were little, make you tea and chat, have you for Christmas dinner, we'll never again get our usual Christmas pyjamas, never see you smile. There are so many things missing in my life now your gone, and I don't know how I can get through this.
I miss you, miss you, miss you and love you like you will never know.
Grace xxx
irishbunny
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Thanks all
irishbunny
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Nana, I'm going to write you a long letter soon, today has been a long and hard day and I'm so tired and just don't have the energy to write a long letter right now, maybe later tonight or tomorrow I will. Just want to let you know for now that you are now laid to rest beside grandad, your finally together again. Like you have always wanted, you were never the same when he was gone.
Love you and miss you always,
Grace xxx
Love you and miss you always,
Grace xxx
irishbunny
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Nana, I feel motivated now to write you a letter. I made a special thing called a blog to keep all the letters I write in and to write more letters in, but it won't let me sign in so right now I can't use it, you wouldn't know what a blog is anyway would you . Today was a hard day for everyone because we finally laid you to rest. The mass was nice, and of course you were there. The things we brought to the altar to represent your life were your rosary beads, a picture of you and grandad dancing when you first met, one of the last pictures you and Grandad took together, the statue of Our Lady your mother gave you and some daffodils from your garden. I said a prayer of the faithful for you, Sam did one too, everyone said he said it great for his age, and he was like a little priest. I know if you were there you would have praised him like there was no tomorrow.
After the mass it was time to go to the graveyard, Dad, Paddy, Brian and Martin carried your coffin down to youself and Grandad's plot. The graveyard you and Grandad are now in is beautiful, some of the graves are ancient and the ruins of the 16th century church gives the place a lovely atmosphere, I know both you and Grandad always loved the place. After the priest said some prayers, they lowered your coffin into the ground. I think this is one of the hardest parts of the whole funeral. Me and some of the other grandchildren threw roses down onto the coffin, Alan and Mark threw down daffodils from your garden, which I know you would have liked.
After that we went for a meal altogether, in the Auburn Lodge, I know you liked that place and it's where you picked to have the meal after Grandad's funeral. The dinners were supposed to be spuds, carrots and green beans with a choice of either lamb or chicken, they asked for lamb because it was your favourite dinner, but at the meal the waitors asked did we want beef or chicken, they said they ran out of lamb, it would have been nice if they had lamb.
After Mam dropped me and the young lads home, they went back into town, all the adults were going out so I was babysitting. I decided to go into Mam's room and pull out the big wooden box that Grandad gave Mam to keep her photos in. I found a picture of me, you and Grandad around Christmas, I was about two or three years old. I kept the picture and it's here now in my room and I have a candle lighting beside it for both you and Grandad. I also found a scrap book that was belong to dad when he was small and there is a lovely black and white picture of you and two of the girls when they were babies, it's a beautiful picture.
Well Nana, you are laid to rest now, but it still doesn't feel real, it doesn't feel like you are really gone, it hasn't hit me properly that I won't see you anymore, all I have left now is my memories and photos to remember you and Grandad by, everyone always said I was Grandad's favourite grandchild, I have so many great memories of me and Grandad together. My favourite being getting your curlers and trying to curl his wisp of hair he used to wear his cap over while he was watching the match. He would always pretend he didn't know what we were doing, and we believed him too! I also remember when I was little, me and him used to go out to the shed, I would get two old stools and pull the black bin between us and we would pretend to eat with bits of fire wood, ever since the smell of firewood reminds me of that time.
I think your death has affected me alot more then Grandad's did because when he died, you were still there, still living in the house my memories of him were kept, still able to talk about him, but for some reason I feel like I'm mourning again for the both of ye, because now your gone, there is nothing left to represent the both of ye. Both you and Grandad were one, once he died a part of you died with him, and now you are gone, I really feel like I lost both of ye now, and it's hurts so much and looking back on my memories is painful because I know I can never relive them again.
I miss you and love you both alot today
Grace xxx
. Today was a hard day for everyone because we finally laid you to rest. The mass was nice, and of course you were there. The things we brought to the altar to represent your life were your rosary beads, a picture of you and grandad dancing when you first met, one of the last pictures you and Grandad took together, the statue of Our Lady your mother gave you and some daffodils from your garden. I said a prayer of the faithful for you, Sam did one too, everyone said he said it great for his age, and he was like a little priest. I know if you were there you would have praised him like there was no tomorrow.After the mass it was time to go to the graveyard, Dad, Paddy, Brian and Martin carried your coffin down to youself and Grandad's plot. The graveyard you and Grandad are now in is beautiful, some of the graves are ancient and the ruins of the 16th century church gives the place a lovely atmosphere, I know both you and Grandad always loved the place. After the priest said some prayers, they lowered your coffin into the ground. I think this is one of the hardest parts of the whole funeral. Me and some of the other grandchildren threw roses down onto the coffin, Alan and Mark threw down daffodils from your garden, which I know you would have liked.
After that we went for a meal altogether, in the Auburn Lodge, I know you liked that place and it's where you picked to have the meal after Grandad's funeral. The dinners were supposed to be spuds, carrots and green beans with a choice of either lamb or chicken, they asked for lamb because it was your favourite dinner, but at the meal the waitors asked did we want beef or chicken, they said they ran out of lamb, it would have been nice if they had lamb.
After Mam dropped me and the young lads home, they went back into town, all the adults were going out so I was babysitting. I decided to go into Mam's room and pull out the big wooden box that Grandad gave Mam to keep her photos in. I found a picture of me, you and Grandad around Christmas, I was about two or three years old. I kept the picture and it's here now in my room and I have a candle lighting beside it for both you and Grandad. I also found a scrap book that was belong to dad when he was small and there is a lovely black and white picture of you and two of the girls when they were babies, it's a beautiful picture.
Well Nana, you are laid to rest now, but it still doesn't feel real, it doesn't feel like you are really gone, it hasn't hit me properly that I won't see you anymore, all I have left now is my memories and photos to remember you and Grandad by, everyone always said I was Grandad's favourite grandchild, I have so many great memories of me and Grandad together. My favourite being getting your curlers and trying to curl his wisp of hair he used to wear his cap over while he was watching the match. He would always pretend he didn't know what we were doing, and we believed him too! I also remember when I was little, me and him used to go out to the shed, I would get two old stools and pull the black bin between us and we would pretend to eat with bits of fire wood, ever since the smell of firewood reminds me of that time.
I think your death has affected me alot more then Grandad's did because when he died, you were still there, still living in the house my memories of him were kept, still able to talk about him, but for some reason I feel like I'm mourning again for the both of ye, because now your gone, there is nothing left to represent the both of ye. Both you and Grandad were one, once he died a part of you died with him, and now you are gone, I really feel like I lost both of ye now, and it's hurts so much and looking back on my memories is painful because I know I can never relive them again.
I miss you and love you both alot today
Grace xxx
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irishbunny
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I have some pictures I want to share, these are taken in the field behind my Nana's house, since today was Mother's Day, the whole family gathered up at my Nana's and had drinks and stuff. I brought my brothers and sisters and some of my little cousins with me into the field for a walk. In the pictures you can see old stables that are over a hundred years old, enjoy!
Sophie (left) Molly (right)
Brother Ben in a stable
Sophie and Molly in a stable looking out
window in a stable
One of the stables
These were used years ago for stacking huge piles of hay.
Lake
Oran (left) Brandon (right)
Sophie and Molly again
Molly looking in the window of one of the stables
This stone was used for grinding wheat
This field is attached to one of the stables
Side of the stable
Woods
Sophie (left) Molly (right)
Brother Ben in a stable
Sophie and Molly in a stable looking out
window in a stable
One of the stables
These were used years ago for stacking huge piles of hay.
Lake
Oran (left) Brandon (right)
Sophie and Molly again
Molly looking in the window of one of the stables
This stone was used for grinding wheat
This field is attached to one of the stables
Side of the stable
Woods
Sabine
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Those kiddies are just too cute, especially Molly and Sophie. Looks like the weather was as fantastic as it was here today.
irishbunny
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Thanks, Molly is my sister and Sophie my cousin
Sabine
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They are adorable. They must be 4 or 5?
irishbunny
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Sophie is 2 and Molly just turned 3
