Rest In Peace Grandma Richardson

How ironic it is that 7 weeks after the birth of our second son we lost another beloved member of our family. We learned this afternoon that Keith's grandmother, Alice(aka. Betty) passed away this morning. 4 months after having Avery we lost my dad...while he was unexpected we knew it was really any day now that his grandma would go to be with God in Heaven.

It's been pretty surreal as we found out as we were waiting for our friends Kristen and Brian to come over. If anything it helped keep our minds off of it. It hasn't really seemed to affect Keith yet, but I know its coming he was very close to her and very fond of her. I have apparently learned that guys grieve in a different way than women do...as I would be a total wreck even if I knew it was going to be any day now...

I can't really say I knew her very well or know much about her...I'm sure in the coming week I'll find out more. As that always seems to be the way it happens. At least now we know she is no longer suffering and is peaceful. She had numerous heart attacks and was showing heart problems and knew eventually that is what would take her from us.

We hadn't been able to visit her in the nursing home for a while now. One everytime we were going to go one of us was sick and we didn't want to get her sick knowing her health wasn't that great. Then we had the baby and sleepless nights...but I was still trying to encourage Keith to go see her knowing he may regret not seeing her...I've learned a lot since my dad leaving us and I didn't want him to feel the same guilt/regret that I feel.

So rest in Peace grandma...you will be sadly missed by us all...