Today was my grandmother's funeral. I've never seen anything as... I don't know, just anything as real as what I saw today. My grandmother lived such a big life, she loved people with such a crazy zest for life... she was just an amazing woman. I think the coolest part though was when my grandfather told the story of how he acted right after her death and how he stumbled upon 100s of letters they wrote to each other. As part of the eulogy, he had my Uncle read his reply to one of the letters, and to be honest, I've never heard words of that much meaning with that much purpose that full of love ever. They both shared such a life together it's just such an admirable thing. My mom also read one of the letters that my grandmother had written to my grandfather when he was training to be in the Air Force. She just had such a love for him then, at the beginning of their relationship... and in many ways that love hasn't changed at all... it hasn't aged like everyone else around them, and even themselves have. I don't think I've ever been that emotional in one day either. I got the privelage of carrying my grandmother's coffin throughout the ceremony, and I don't think I've ever been affected by someone's love than I was today. There were so many people that showed up to support my grandfather and to pay their respects to this amazing woman... at that moment I just felt so honored just to be her grandson. As much of it was sad, it was kinda happy for times, just to see that she's at rest... that she's living a better life now, and that she'll live on. Overall, the most sobering thing about the whole ceremony was just when we had just set the coffin on the lift where she'd be laid to rest, and each of her six kids came up and said something just so nice about her, and how much they loved her. Everyone just kinda realized the reality of the whole thing right there and then. It's nice to know that someone I know had such an affect on people... I know that's all I rant about, but I really want to be able to make that kind of affect. The thing I admire most about my grandma is that she didn't have to tell people to love, she just led by example... myself included.