Families logo

She Died of a Broken Heart

Losing someone who’s close to you is never easy.

By Rachael CoxPublished 6 years ago 2 min read
Like
My Nonni and I enjoying breakfast together. Who would have thought it would be our last?

Hello reader! I’m going to tell you a story about me losing my grandma and hopefully you can relate. I’m hoping this will help someone on their journey to healing their heart. Losing someone who’s so close to you is very hard, and when you’re continually sad about it, you don’t want to talk about it with anyone because you just feel annoying. When I tell people I’m sad, I never say why because I’ll just sound like a broken record player.

She was an amazing woman, and I mean that she went to all of my dance events and school events. I have other grandparents, but they don’t usually come to that stuff. The day she passed away will always be burned into my mind. It was May 7, 2018, when she passed away. I got home from teaching dance classes, and I noticed my parents weren’t home—only my grandpa was to watch my nephew. I asked him where everyone was because usually, they were home by then. He told me something happened to Nonni. My mind being my mind thought of the worse possible things, but he said that he doesn’t know if she has passed away or not. Later I found out he was just saying this to protect me because she had passed away by then.

Sadly, it was my mother who found her. How would you feel if you found your own mother laying there lifeless? This has scarred my mother forever. I don’t know much of what happened because I was home when this all was happening, but from what I heard, after she found her she called my dad and they called the ambulance and they took her away. They did an autopsy on her lifeless body and found that nothing was wrong really. There was nothing wrong with her body, it just stopped. We believe she died of a broken heart because just three years ago my grandpa passed away and she was depressed all of the time.

I’m glad she’s in a better place with my grandpa, and they can finally see each other again wherever they are, but she passed away right before I graduated. This broke my heart that she didn’t get to see me graduate and that she has to miss my first solo for dance that she was so excited to see. People say she wouldn’t want me to be sad, but it’s just part of the process. You will be sad for a while, but there is a whole life to live. I learned that life is short and you have to make the best of it. I may have left out some stuff from this story, but I have dance class again soon and I’m going to make her proud. I hope this helps whoever is reading this.

Sincerely, Rachael

grief
Like

About the Creator

Rachael Cox

Hello there! My names Rachael and I’m really into music and being as creative as I can be! I hope you find my stories interesting! :)

Reader insights

Be the first to share your insights about this piece.

How does it work?

Add your insights

Comments

There are no comments for this story

Be the first to respond and start the conversation.

Sign in to comment

    Find us on social media

    Miscellaneous links

    • Explore
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Support

    © 2024 Creatd, Inc. All Rights Reserved.