{"sf1_id":704409,"sf2_id":"q1xkapZn","title":"My Grandmother On Her Deathbed","author":"Rivard","words":170,"posted_at":"2014-05-13T17:59:00.000Z","tags":["Death","Grandmother","Laugh","Poem","Poetry","mothers day"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/704409-my-grandmother-on-her-deathbed","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/q1xkapZn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/32/0f/320ffe18-1db3-4705-8169-007f6d447216","description":"#3 of Poetry\n\nA poem I wrote for mother's day. I lost my grandmother a couple of months ago and I really wanted to capture what it was like when she passed away. It was a solemn time but it was also filled with joy and laughter. That's just how our family is. We had funny moments in the hospital and we were all laughing when she stopped breathing and we like to think that was the last sound she heard. I'll miss her terribly but I couldn't imagine a more beautiful way to go.","content":"My Grandmother On Her Deathbed\n\nTells me that my pants are unzipped.\n\nThat my sister's kelly green nail color is ugly\n\n\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; With emphasis on the 'u'.\n\nStole my brother's sunglasses and wore them,\n\nthrowing up fingers so swollen that she could not wear her wedding ring.\n\nAte an entire Cadbury Creme Egg in ten seconds.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nOn the day that our pastor visited and prayed\n\nShe beckoned me to her side, taking my hand and saying,\n\n\"Don't embarrass me in front of the lord.\"\n\nIt was the last thing she said to me,\n\nbecause I wasn't there when she said she wasn't afraid anymore.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nWe all laughed at these stories together as she took her final breaths\n\nwithout us even knowing,\n\nlost in the laughter that became the last thing she heard.\n\nCarotid artery finished drumming the tune of Nan,\n\nan 83-year drum solo.\n\nThe room fell silent as the picture she talked about for days\n\nof my uncle with long hair appeared on the digital picture frame.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/701480-i-lost-myself.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/737798-your-old-couch-from-college.json"}}