The calls i miss most

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She was bedridden for almost thirty years. Everything was done for her by someone else, every single day.
I started helping when I was in third or fourth standard, just feeding her. As I grew up, it became more, bathing her nature. But I always knew she loved me differently than she loved anyone else.
The last few months were bad. Infection, pain, no real relif for her. At some point I pray for it to end. And when she did go, I felt relieved. Not happy. Relieved. I still feel guilty saying that out loud.
She passed in December. At the funeral, with everyone around, I don’t think it really hit me. There was too much happening, too many prople. It’s now, months later, when I am alone, that I actually feel it.
I still miss her calls. Every lunch break in college, she’d call and sometimes I was too busy to pick up. She’d just say, do your work , whatever you want to do, just don’t hang up on me.
Her name is still in my phone. Nani calling. It’s never going to light up again , and if it did , she wouldn’t be there to answer.
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Thank you for sharing such a personal experience. Sometimes we don’t realize how much our stories can encourage others. I hope you continue writing because your words can genuinely help people.
The hardest part about grief is will hot us when we see the most unexpected thing
it is really sad to see our grandparents in there last days. we cannot see the pain of our childhood companions. we want them to be free of pain and that is why we pray for their end. I completely understand your feelings because I have gone through the same.