Gone Too Soon.

Most, if not all, of my readers should already know this.

Amelia lost her beloved Grandma Cathy last Wednesday in the early morning. I posted at the time a picture that I will treasure for the rest of my life. It was taken the last weekend visit that my parents made to us in Delaware, about 2 months ago. Thankfully, we'd seen them since, about 2 weeks before her death. But we have great memories of that weekend visit, and I'm so thankful that it happened.

Amelia LOVED her Grandma Cathy. I mean, she loves all her grandparents, but she and my mom just made each other so happy and it meant so much to me. My mom was dealing with a lot of chronic pain, and she told me multiple times how Amelia just brightened her day.

Whenever Amelia got her little hands on my cell phone, she somehow found a way to call Grandma via the speed dial for one of her numbers. Amelia would get all shy and not say much, if anything, but her little face would light up when she would hear my mom's voice. And I know my mom's face looked the same. I had recently been informed of a way of locking my phone, for when Amelia's fussing and I hand it over to calm her -- but I knew how much those Amelia calls meant to my mom.

Amelia is very aware that something is up. Of course, I cried Wednesday morning when Amelia woke up, before I left to be with my father and brothers. And that night, when Chris was getting Amelia ready for bed, she kept saying "mommy mommy sad, mommy sad". When they came over the next day, and she saw my dad, her little eyes peered around, wondering where my mom was. She saw a picture of grandma and she hugged it. She's very perceptive. She knows someone very important is missing.

Today was the viewing, tomorrow is the funeral. Amelia had multiple "handlers" today to keep her occupied, but at the end, we did let her see my mom. Her eyes seemed confused at "sleeping" grandma, and she kept saying "night night night" as we told her that Grandma was in Heaven with Jesus.

Please, hug your loved ones. Let them know that they are loved. My mom's passing was not expected... you just don't know when you'll be saying goodbye.

Give me another week to get back into this blogging thing. My mom was Amelia's biggest fan and LOVED this blog, so I will need a reminder to keep it updated.