< Back
Date
Dear Grandma (Myrtle)
Things have changed since you left us all those years ago. I know that you went through some major world events and lived a more frugal and simpler way of life than I. You always gave us positive comments and love when we were children particularly when we stayed with you during the school holidays where we enjoyed our trips to Manly on the ferry and to the Coles Cafeteria in the City.
You made use clothes and knitted us jumpers for the winter and kissed and cuddled us when we saw you always greeting us with a smile. You were then and still now looking over us.
Now I am a grandmother and I can't cuddle my granddaughter or my daughters and family because we have a pandemic. I have been able to see my granddaughter but always at arms length not a natural way to be. I hope we can have a hug again soon because it's not good for humans to keep their distance only at this moment in time.
I visit Mum your daughter in law behind a glass window in the nursing home. She is confused in this strange new world. We haven't been allowed to visit for the last seven weeks but have made arrangements to go to see her tomorrow. Seven weeks is a long time at ninety one and with failing health she is longing to be in heaven with our beloved Dad your son.
Each day I wake thinking this is a bad dream but the morning sun still shines in through the window and brings hope that this moment will soon pass and we'll connect with our families and friends again and build a better world where we all appreciate each other and the life we have.
Things have changed since you left us all those years ago. I know that you went through some major world events and lived a more frugal and simpler way of life than I. You always gave us positive comments and love when we were children particularly when we stayed with you during the school holidays where we enjoyed our trips to Manly on the ferry and to the Coles Cafeteria in the City.
You made use clothes and knitted us jumpers for the winter and kissed and cuddled us when we saw you always greeting us with a smile. You were then and still now looking over us.
Now I am a grandmother and I can't cuddle my granddaughter or my daughters and family because we have a pandemic. I have been able to see my granddaughter but always at arms length not a natural way to be. I hope we can have a hug again soon because it's not good for humans to keep their distance only at this moment in time.
I visit Mum your daughter in law behind a glass window in the nursing home. She is confused in this strange new world. We haven't been allowed to visit for the last seven weeks but have made arrangements to go to see her tomorrow. Seven weeks is a long time at ninety one and with failing health she is longing to be in heaven with our beloved Dad your son.
Each day I wake thinking this is a bad dream but the morning sun still shines in through the window and brings hope that this moment will soon pass and we'll connect with our families and friends again and build a better world where we all appreciate each other and the life we have.