*hugs*

Ann, I deeply sympathize with your loss.

I lost my grandpa this year also. He was in Florida on vacation when he got sick. My parents drove down to see him but they wanted me and my sisters to stay home so we could remember him the way he was. I was very angry that they did this but now I understand.

These will be the first holidays without him and I still mourn. I miss him very much.

The grief will ease with time, but you'll always have the memories.

*hugs*