comfortably numb

My grandmother passed away this saturday. I was in a grocery store when i got the news in an sms message on my phone. I stared at the message hard a few times. The i didn't know what to do. I was emotionless. Did not know how to react. She was 83. A brave woman, suffering from heart disease, diabetes, blood pressure, she had fought breast cancer and even had a broken leg at the age of 78. I didn;t know how to react. I was unable to emote a single teardrop. I called home. I spoke to them. I didn't know what to say. I had spoken to her just five days earlier. "Take good care of yourself in the winter, eat well, drink milk everyday morning and evening, eat Badaam, fruits and green vegetables" was what she had told me, like she did every single time I spoke to her on the phone. And now suddenly she is gone. A blunt reminder of the impermanence of our material bodies. Bless her soul. HKHKKKHH HRHRRRHH.

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