Work Case

The time where I could remember where my family was most hurt was when my grandma died. She died on November 18th, 2009. I remember going home and I heard the terrible news that my grandma has died, at first I was shocked, and I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that my grandma was gone, never to be seen in this world again. What also hurt the most Is I haven't seen her in 10 years, my family and I planned to go to the Philippines, but we were too late, so all we got was a phone call. I remember my whole family feeling the same feeling I got: hurt, grief, and regret because we never got to see her.

My grandma means a lot to my family, my whole family of course. We cant honor her with the rest of my family back in the Philippines but we have our own ways here back in the states. After my grandma died, my family and I started an every night ritual. We started doing the rosary every night in my house. So every night we can pray to her, and for her. My family and I do the rosary mostly because of my grandma, so we can honor her by praying for and to her. This also shows that we will never forget about her, and each and every day she will be part of my life, watching over me. my family and I have been doing the rosary every night since after she died, and I don't think were stopping anytime soon. My grandma just means too much to be forgotten or not to be prayed for. Even though shes dead, she stays in my family's heart and more.

Another way we honor my grandma is doing different things on her birthday week. The first day, which we always start on the Sunday, we would go to mass and tell the priest to mention her name. then we'd burn a candle next to the church and get some holy water. last year my grandma's birthday, September 15th was a Monday so prepared all the food she loved, and we had dinner and invited some friends. On Tuesday we would light incents because my culture believed that they keep bad spirits from going in the house. On Wednesday we tell my relatives from the Philippines to leave her favorite flowers and put pictures next to her grave. On Thursday we do still special prayer at night with all those people who knew her. On Friday, we webcam with my relatives from the Philippines, because they usually stay at her grave for most of the day. And Saturday we eat another big meal to celebrate and honor my grandma.

It hurts and my family mourned when she died. But we do the rosary, and do special things during her birthday week so she's always remembered and so we can honor her. All she deserves is to be remembered and be honored, so that's what we try to do. It was one of the worst experiences of my life, when we got that phone call. But all it's done to my family and I is brought us closer together, and when her birthday and the day she died comes, my family keeps a special bond because of her. By doing the rosary and the rituals during her birthday week,