u/National-Salary-7738

i was raised by my grandparents after being removed from my mothers custody as a baby, my grandma passed when i was around 10 and my mother ended up overdosing when i was 17 (we were estranged) my grandpa was 91 when he died and i still feel so caught off guard by it. i can’t believe that i have to feel this way for the rest of my life and miss him for the rest of my life. he was my best friend.

i was removed from my mothers custody as a baby and raised by my grandparents. my grandmother passed when i was 10 and it was just me and my grandfather from there on out. i was pretty much fully estranged from my mother by around 13 and she overdosed and died when i was 17. i loved my grandpa more than anything in the world and i talked about him to everyone i feel like way more than most people talk about their parents. he was truly my best friend and my childhood and my teen years we did everything together. his health had been declining around the past 2 years he was having a bit of dementia and he passed in april at 91. i am not in contact with anyone on my moms side and my relationship with my grandpas family is difficult. i feel like i can barely remember our conversations before he started to struggle with his memory. i saw him for the last time the night before he passed and i can hardly remember what we talked about just that he was in a super negative place. i left with such a bad gut feeling and the next morning he was gone before i could say goodbye. i don’t know how to move forward i miss him so much and even though the past few years he hasn’t necessarily been able to provide me with guidance i feel so lost without any parental figure.

user is faithann4304!