her very last breath..

I embraced for the moment to finally arrive. For the past days, my family have been at the hospital, checking up on my 95 year old great grandma. Her failing body was not going to revive itself. She knew it was her time to go.

This morning, i woke up around 10 am. My sister received a call from my mother, urging us to come to the hospital to take a last look at our great grandmother. We got ready and left the house, trying not to let time pass us by. We arrived at the hospital and the relatives were outside waiting for the nurse to clean my ggma's room. Everyone had a sad burden face. It was enough to trigger the flow of tears from ones eyes. The nurse then announced that her heart rate is beating twice as fast. Everyone emerged into the room rapidly. She was laying there while everyone crowed around her death bed, crying and praying to save her soul. Streams of tears were flowing onto everyone's face as her heart rate decreases. Taking a very last moment with the ones she loved, she went off into heaven. She had a cross by her heart and pictures of saints on her soulders. My religious family prayed along with the rosery and everyone was mouring soulfully. The heart rate moniter went off. Her heart rate came back to about 50 then decreased again. It was surprising to me that she came back a few times before she finally passed away at 11:05 am. I thought that she was going to come back to us for a few seconds, but god called her through the gateway to heaven, so she can meet her loving family and my dear grandfather. While in reality, this was a first hand experience for me. I never witness a death with my very own eyes. I remember the time when someone dear passed away, I was too afraid to attend their funeral. This time, I have to be there, not to pay respect, but to give her the love i had that were emotionally there. I will surely miss her. She waited for mine and my sister and my cousin presence before she took off into paradise. And for that, it meant a whole lot.

I wept my eyes out because she was an adorable person. Before she lost her memories, She couldnt recognize me until i started smiling. When i was little, she used to pull out a couple of bucks and give it to me so i could buy candies. When i became older, i didn't see her so often, every time i did see her, i would simply give her a huge smile and her grey eyes would widen as she giggles and calls me silly. Now that she's gone, it's hard for the family because everyone took care of her. But really, we shouldn't be sad about this thing called life, we just have to look on the bright side and believe that she's in a better place, and so she is.

R.I.P great grandma, you will always be missed.. forever.