It is tough... And I know there will be a lot in the next ten years, I'm an evening star, my parents and their siblings are near or in their 80s so there will be a lot of this coming up. I've been to quite a lot, grand parents, three out of four, one uncle (other died but I didn't attend as it was really small number of people.), my cousin when we were kids, my best friend couple of years ago. Ex gfs grandfather years ago, that was of course easier as I wasn't related. And now another uncle, still many to come. C'est la vie. I know I'll be really exhausted afterwards, this uncle in particular was quite close and meaningful person in my life. He and his wife were like spare grand parents when I was kid when my own had passed away.
If there's something happy about it, he lived very long life, almost all that time healthy and quite happy, he was sick for about three years and once the end came, it took him fast so he didn't need to suffer for long. It just hurt so much to see one of the brightest most fast witted and cool guy to get sick with altzheimers and succumb to that. He was two weeks shy of his 90th birthday so obviously it wasn't surprising.
More coffee now, then some more breakfast and I need to start to get ready. I'll try to stay as cheery as I can, I know my uncle would wish us to remember him for all the happy times and not cry our eyes out.
If there's something happy about it, he lived very long life, almost all that time healthy and quite happy, he was sick for about three years and once the end came, it took him fast so he didn't need to suffer for long. It just hurt so much to see one of the brightest most fast witted and cool guy to get sick with altzheimers and succumb to that. He was two weeks shy of his 90th birthday so obviously it wasn't surprising.
More coffee now, then some more breakfast and I need to start to get ready. I'll try to stay as cheery as I can, I know my uncle would wish us to remember him for all the happy times and not cry our eyes out.