Papa Jack
This week my Papa Jack has been on my mind quite a bit. At the age of 89 he made the decision to have surgery for his bowel cancer. We were told they got it all. He also had a colostomy.
He made it through the surgery well.
However two days later he had heart issues. Code Blue. Not good.
Then yesterday the decision was made to take him off life support. Hours later he passed away.
I have had moments of sadness but have kept it together fairly well actually.
The hard part for me is that his wishes were to be cremated with no funeral. No real closure.
I talked with my grandma today and she seems to be okay for now.
I reflect and as a child I didn't really know him all that well. The grandkids played in another room when we visited except at meal time.
We went there for every major holiday plus a lot of other visits.
Then through my parents divorce there was a time where we didn't really talk at all.
However as an adult after moving out, I decided to make the leap on my own and call. For years I have called approximately monthly.
While the calls didn't really lead to much more than a little bit of "I was thinking of you", it was still good.
I even added in a few visits which is hard to do after a lengthy time of not visiting but it was good.
I am happy that my adult travels have lead to war stories being shared to me, and experiences of the world.
It was a bit of a crazy Easter weekend but good to be around family all weekend.
We managed to fit in all of our parents. This is a big deal!
We had Easter at our house on Good Friday with a bacon and egg breakfast and Easter Bunny goodies.
Saturday morning we did the Listowel Easter egg hunt which the kids LOVED, lunch with my mom and siblings and my niece and nephews.
Dinner with Brian's mom, sister Julie and GG Stock.
Sunday was with my dad. Then late in the day we went to St. Jacobs to get floor grates for the great room. We slept at Brian's sister's house.
Monday the kids died Easter eggs in the morning and then it was lunch with Brian's dad before taking Brian to the airport. It was a packed weekend!