My grandmother passed away a week ago.  I was taking care of her and did not have much time to blog.  I still taught my yoga and running classes.  Life goes on.  I am thankful I had those last weeks with my grandmother, and while it seemed that our roles had very much reversed- I caring for her instead of her caring for me as she had done early in my life.  It’s a cycle, and I am happy that our family was tightly knit like that, and we opted to care for each other rather than forget each other as years passed.

My grandmother was a wonderful person.  She taught me many things in life- including the value of family, and that, you should live in a way that you won’t be full of regret when you are lying on your death bed.  I mentioned some time back that she loved Wai Lana’s yoga sound.  She insisted on having it playing all the time- and it still was as she died.  It was not easy to see her go, for sure, but I think she couldn’t have wanted a better way to go.

It’s got me thinking a lot about what I am doing in life and where I am heading. For one, while I’m no fan of living forever, I think it’d be great to be healthy throughout life.  Just like everyone else, I really have no idea how many more years, days or months I have left.  Sometimes when you think of it that way, it makes life so much simpler, doesn’t it?  Life’s going to end.  Death is just an integral part of life.