Today, is was is was is was my late grandmother's birthday. How long was it since she passed away? I don't remember, except that it was on 26th September. Yes, about two weeks after her birthday. Isn't it sad?
The thing I miss today, besides, her, is the gathering that we used to have on her birthday. Most of the family members would come from various parts of the country or even overseas, sometimes.
Now that she is no longer here, we no longer have such a gathering, except for Chinese New Year, Qing Ming and All Soul's Day. Sometimes, it feels that the extended family has disintegrated. I don’t even see my own cousins more than three times a year anymore, sometimes even less. Maybe once or not even that and they are not even living that far away.
It’s not that I want to see them because we are not even close but I am just illustrating that without the matriarch, things are not the same anymore. I wonder if anyone remembers that September 13th was my grandmother’s birthday. No one mentions anything. Anyway, September 13th may not even be her real birthday because she was adopted and did not have proper documentation. I guess September 13th was just a date that her adopted parents pulled out from their head when applying for her birth certificate.
I wonder what plans the family has this 26th September, which is my grandmother’s death anniversary.
The thing I miss today, besides, her, is the gathering that we used to have on her birthday. Most of the family members would come from various parts of the country or even overseas, sometimes.
Now that she is no longer here, we no longer have such a gathering, except for Chinese New Year, Qing Ming and All Soul's Day. Sometimes, it feels that the extended family has disintegrated. I don’t even see my own cousins more than three times a year anymore, sometimes even less. Maybe once or not even that and they are not even living that far away.
It’s not that I want to see them because we are not even close but I am just illustrating that without the matriarch, things are not the same anymore. I wonder if anyone remembers that September 13th was my grandmother’s birthday. No one mentions anything. Anyway, September 13th may not even be her real birthday because she was adopted and did not have proper documentation. I guess September 13th was just a date that her adopted parents pulled out from their head when applying for her birth certificate.
I wonder what plans the family has this 26th September, which is my grandmother’s death anniversary.
2 comments:
May now your grandma is taking Dino for a walk... :):)
Aiyohhhh Dino left me 100 days already tomorrow. How time flies. So sad :( :( :( miss him so much!
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