Grandpa was the seam of our family; he helped keep my family close together. When he died, the seam was lost, thus making my family not as close. Grandpa used to take my cousin and me out a lot to eat, walk around the mall, or just hang out together at Grandpa's house. We would see each other a few times a week. Now, my cousin and I don't talk as much as we used to.
In January of 2013, my grandpa became a short-time resident of the Intensive Care Unit at Kettering Hospital. A couple weeks later, he left the Intensive Care Unit. The way Grandpa left wasn't quite what my family was hoping for. Grandpa died on January 23rd, 2013. His death was devastating to my whole family and to me.
About four months prior to Grandpa’s death, I lost a friend