My Grandmother.

Someone dearest to me who had a positive influence on me was my grandmother. I don’t know what my life would have been without my grandmother. She transformed my life. God bless her soul, my grandmother was everything to me. She was my life, my existence, my well being, my heart. She was my all. When she passed away, I was devastated and lost. I felt like I had lost all the hope and dreams I ever had. It took me a long time to get over it. I still sometimes cry just remembering and missing her. She also comes in to my dreams all the time.

My grandmother was the best thing that ever happened to me in my life. She was the best person you would ever know or fall in love with. She was loving, kind, caring, sweet, and gentle. I really miss her very much, and I always will. I always remember her beautiful smile, sweet, tender humor, and most of all her smile. I pray for her all the time. She is in a better place, that’s for sure.

If I ever saw my grandma on another planet she would welcome me with a big sign saying, “Welcome my granddaughter, my sweet granddaughter. Hello Himbilo, what are you doing here? What is the rush to come here? You do not belong here yet. You have a long way to go.”

And I would reply, “Of course grandmother. I can believe you forgot I am just here to visit you. I am not dead yet, am I grandma? And in the meantime I want to see heaven before my time comes. That’s a joke, grandma! I think I am going to stay here and not go back there. It is very hard and expensive to live there, grandma. No, I am not going back there unless God wants to kick me out of here, which I don’t think so. I love you grandma. I really do miss you, and I am always thinking about you so much. My heart weeps for you, grandma. The world is empty without you, loosing you was a great loss. I am so lonely without you, grandma!”

To my sweet Grandma, Dhuux Shire Guure.

Sincerely, Maryann Mohamoud!