You Remembered

I'm so glad you remembered grandpa until the day you died. Had you looked at him with that happy blank stare that you used for so many of your children and grandchildren, the one that said, "Hi, do I know you?", his heart would have shattered. But thankfully your marriage, a blessed 56 years(minus one day), was so strong that you remembered him. He held your hand as your dementia claimed the rest of us. Grandpa was the one light that shone bright in your world. You managed to hang on up until you had a chance to renew your wedding vows, and I think you were waiting for that day. I am sure you knew the importance of it; what it meant to him. You slipped away peacefully, grandpa by your side. Thank you grandma for remembering him.