And So A Life Passes
I hope that I will some day know what it is like to love someone so much that it hurts.....well maybe not that much.My Grandfather Robert Sydney Swah Sr. Died Monday the 12th, 2005 he just turned 82 years old on Wednesday, which was the day he went into the hospital for the last time. He lived 6 months and 2 days longer than my Grandmother Sara Jean Dunlap Swah.
They were an amazing couple.....fought like cat and dawg over the simple things but LOVED each other so much that they couldn't be apart not even for one night! My Grandmother passed in April of this year and all of my family knew that my Grandfather wouldn't make it long!!!!! My Grand Parents were from tat generation you know that the woman took care of her husband ever waking moment!!!! My Pa could set in his recliner and rattle his empty water glass and my Granny would jump and run to fill it! LOL Now a days if the man rattled his glass I would bet his wife would throw something at him...or simply say "GET IT YOU DAMN SELF!" LOL
They would have been married 60years this December! WOW you do hear of that much anymore! He just simply grieved himself to death....he stopped eating no long after my Granny passed. He loved her so much that he didn't want to live with out her.
I am thankful I got to spend time with him Labor day....I sat with him for probably 3 hours and he told me of a dream he had went something like this......
"Crystal" he said "Jean talked to me last night, she told me to get up and get ready it was time to go." "It scared me" Pa told me, "Robert, get up and lets go." is what my Granny told him again.
I asked him where they were to go......his reply was simple...."Crystal you know where!"
I really didn't until I got the phone call from my Mother @ 4:05am on Monday morning the 12th, 2005!
I miss them dearly!
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posted by Guvnah @ 7:57 PM
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