The day I received a telegram from the Philippines changed my whole life. It became a huge empty space in my life. Back in 1991, on a Friday around 3 o’clock p.m. I was getting ready for work, and somebody knocked on the door. A man handed me a telegram, for a moment there are a lot of things that goes through my head. Is it going to be a good news or bad news? But I knew in my heart that just by getting a telegram, where I am originally from which is the Philippines it could only mean one thing it is going to be a sad news. I went back to my bedroom, so I could read the message privately. Upon reading the telegram, I began to cry, the message was about my grandmother had passed away. I knew in my heart that I am going to miss her terribly. For a moment, the memories came crushing through my head all those great times I spent with her. How she was so loving and caring to me and to all of her grandchildren. How she used to guide me and lecture me about life. All the nice characteristics she had, like being nice to the neighbor. She is a good decision maker too, not only that she will stand by you, when you needed her t
I felt like my whole world was falling apart. I felt stuck and not in control of my life. All I could think of was to go home, so I called the Mc-Flight in Travis Air Force Base. As a military wife, I do get discount on a plane ticket using Mc-Flight. While the flight ticket was cheaper this was going to take forever. I decided to purchase my own ticket, and I booked a flight to go back home as soon as possible. My grandmother’s passing away changed my life. I am so used to of talking to her on the phone on the regular basis, and receiving letters. Now that she is gone, I can only linger on the memories she left behind.
To this day, I still think of her and wish that I can talk to her. She still is, one of the most important people in my life she will always and has have a place in my heart. Her passing away changed my life in so many ways. It still is a problem for me I still think of her every now and then. I find my self reminiscing about her and I know that I need to focus on the reality that she maybe gone but our connection must now be in my memory. This was the saddest day of my life; and at the same time a very painful exp
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