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A Letter To My Granny

I miss you more than words can ever explain.

Hannah Shaw

Sep 26, 2016

Ashland University

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Dear Granny,

I miss you more than words can explain. I can't seem to come to terms with the fact that you really are gone. It has been a long 2 years. I can still remember the day I found out that we lost you. My mother picked me up from school that day, and I was so excited to get home because I knew that you would be there. It was my birthday. April 11, 2014. It was one of the hardest days of life and no birthday after has ever been the same. I find it hard to celebrate when I know that it was the day my whole life changed.

A lot of things has happened since you left us here on earth. I was in 2 more musicals. My senior walk for choir was very emotional and many tears were shed as I walked across the stage to get my flower. I was thinking about you and how you weren't there to see it. You were always at all of my school musicals and things. It was bittersweet. I also got my licenses. I wanted my first driving destination to be the Chinese restaurant we liked so much. Instead the first place I drove was to visit you at your grave.

I graduated high school. That was also a bittersweet day. One of the only things I wanted that day was to be able to share that day with you. It was a very emotional day for me and all of the family. I want so badly to be able to tell you all this face-to-face. To be able to hear your voice and see you just one more time.

I started college. I go to Ashland University and major in social work. Something tells me that maybe I should work with kids. Most of the time, I believe attending Ashland was the best decision I have ever made. I met some really cool people here and continue to meet awesome new people every day. I think you would really like it here. I think you would think it is a beautiful campus and a really good fit for me.

There have been so many positive things and huge stepping stones that I have crossed in the time that you have been gone. But there have been as many downs as there have been ups. I miss you all the time. Sometimes I see something online or on TV that I wish I could call you about. There have been many times where I have gotten good grades on exams, and I wish I could call you and tell you.

One thing that I can always remember is your voice every time you answered the phone. You would answer the phone and ask "What, hunny?" and it is one of the only things I can think of and still hear your voice in my head as clear as day.

I miss you more than you or anyone can ever know. There have been so many times that I so badly need you here to talk. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think about you and miss you like crazy. I love you so much! Gone, but never forgotten!

Love, Hannah

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