Today’s little slice
of “happitude” is...
The pretty fairy lights (top) and Chinese
lanterns (bottom) that my fabulous Dad strung up for me over the weekend. I’m
grateful for their tiny sparkles of light at the end of a really difficult
day...
It was a difficult day. My Grandad (on my Dad’s
side) passed away a year ago today. His passing was heartbreaking for our
family because we never really got the chance to say goodbye since he lived in
the UK and we weren’t with him during his final days. I felt particularly
emotional because, looking back, I realised that I hadn’t been a very good
granddaughter. I had had a few opportunities to go abroad and visit with my
Grandad and the rest of my Dad’s side of the family but I had always
prioritised other things over those opportunities and once I realised the
importance of family, it was too late and he was gone. I suppose I just thought
that he would always just be there. That was a foolish notion. A week after my
Grandad’s passing I found myself in the UK with my Dad saying my final goodbyes
at the funeral.
What made the day more difficult was that my
Oupa (on my Mom’s side) would have celebrated his birthday today had he not
passed away in 2007. We grew up down the street from my Oupa, Ouma and Nana and
naturally we were very close with them. Losing my Oupa was one of the most
difficult things that our family has ever had to endure; again, we just never
imagined a world in which he wouldn’t exist anymore.
So after a very emotional day spent thinking
about my two grandfathers and missing them dearly, I was grateful to come home,
sit quietly outside, cry and send out a prayer to each of them surrounded by
the sparkles of my fairy lights and Chinese lanterns.
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