I want to start by apologizing; I’m sorry I never got the chance to meet you and I wish I could have. I wish I could’ve gotten the chance to simply sit down and talk to you before you had to leave our family.

I wish you could have been with me while I was growing up. When I was in elementary school I had friends that were close with both of their grandparents, and it’s something I never got the chance to do. I’d like to think that we would’ve had a good relationship, like the one that other kids got to have. I was never one to be jealous of others, but I was envious of their relationships they had with their grandparents because that was something I could never obtain.

I wish you could have seen the kind of person that I became. I went through many milestones in my years without you. I wish you could’ve been there to see them. I wish you could have been there for holidays now and when I was growing up. I wish you could have taken pictures with me at prom in high school. I wish you could have been my first call when I got accepted into my dream college. There’s so many times I wish you could’ve been there with me.

If we met today would you be proud of me?

Would I be everything you wanted me to be?

I wish I knew what kind of person you were. You were taken from my family too soon and I hang on to pictures of you to try and fill the void. I wish we could’ve gotten to know each other. Thank you for raising my parent. They are everything to me and my biggest support system. They are the best parent that I could ever ask for, and that’s because of you. We learn from our parents, and I’m sure that they got their kindness and compassion from you.

I hope I am everything you wanted me to be and someone you could be proud of. I hope you lived a happy life and you’re happy now watching over me and know that I love you.

I’m thankful for both sets of my grandparents, on Earth and in Heaven.