When my grandma passed away I thought that my life was going to be over. I didn't know what I was going to do without her. She was the only grandma that I used to see frequently and that I was more attached too. 

   The day my grandma passed away everything was in chaos.  I remember that my grandma had been in the hospital for weeks because she was getting really sick. My grandma  had been diagnosed with diabetes and that was making her get worse. She had gotten one of her legs cut because of how rapidly her diabetes was increasing.

One day the doctor came in to the family room where all my 9 uncles, 2 aunts, and all my cousins’ were. He told us that they could not do anything else so my grandma could get better. At that moment my heart stopped, I didn't  know what to do or what to think. After that situation happened everyone decided that they would take my grandma to her house. When I arrived at my grandmas house everyone was waiting for the ambulance to come home with my grandma. The ambulance people helped take my grandma in to her room to rest in a nice, comfty, and soft bed. We stayed at my grandmas house for hours waiting for her to get better, but instead she was getting worse. After a couple hours my grandma passed away while holding my mom's hand. I remember seeing how much my mom was crying and thinking about what I could do to help her, but there really was not much that I could do. At that moment I started to tear up along with the rest of my family. When I finally stopped crying I started to think about life. I thought to myself why did she have to leave? why her? why now? But the main thought that got me was, why don't I spend more time with other people in my life who are still alive?

I started realizing that some people don't have anyone who they love in their lives, but I have many people who I care about and love in my life that I don't really spend time with. It's painful to find out when someone you love passes away, especially when you didn't have enough time to spend with them

   From that day on when my grandma passed away I have been trying to spend more time with people who I love that are still in my life. It's important to spend time with others because the day they end up passing away you are not going to be sad about not spending enough time with them, you are going to be sad about them not being able to stay with you any longer.