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I'll always remember Grandma Metring's smell; old spices. It was just like her, exciting, yet old fashioned; there was never a dull moment with her, even when we came to visit her at her home. She would always be so excited, readied with her gifts for my sister and I, a vibrant smile planted on her face that glowed as her heart did. In her death I learned more about her life, and in that moment she unknowingly changed mine forever, inspiring me with her past that she never told us. It may have been too late for her to realize it, but my Grandma Metring's life made me realize that life can be fun. That my life didn't have to be so depressing, or down trodden. She turned a little depressed girl into someone with a realization, that life's more important than I thought it was.
I remember one day, that I walked into her apartment, and I caught a glimpse of her jet black hair that would spring up like a mattress. She walked up to me with her neverending smile that lightened a room until the sun wasn't needed anymore, and that was the image I remembered as I walked into her hospital room. She had been passed out for days, and they had found her a little too late. Even when I walked into that room, nervous to see what had happened, my Grandma Metring had that award winning smile on, and she asked me why I didn't tell her I was coming. Then I remembered that she didn't think she was sick. Her brain couldn't remember it, so I had to keep playing as if she was in for a check-up.Grandma gave me a hug as I left, and that was the last hug I'd ever get from her: the last smile I'd ever see.

i had to rewrite that for my writing prompt, and it turned out pretty well. I almost cried writing it, because i realized that that was truly the last time i saw her. At her funeral , I had to sing as they brought her in...i never got to see her that last time...never got to say goodbye..That last time in the hospital room, she was even wondering why we didn't tell her, so she could get us a present like she always did.

she wasn't even thinking about herself, u know?