words are not enough

just 8 months ago, i wrote about the passing of my grandmother.

now i write about the passing of my grandfather, beloved Ahmed Bin Yusof.

i mourn losing him with the rest of my family, and am especially sad for my mother and her siblings who lost both parents in the relatively short period of 8 months.

a pain i do not want to have to go through.

but yet, i celebrate that he left peacefully and painlessly, and his suffering ceased.

his last acknowledgement of me was a simple nod, about a week ago. that was before he lost his awareness of his surroundings, and entered the throes of his passing.
and now this simple man, who did not want anything much out of life, but gave everything for his children and grandchildren is gone.

now things really will change.

May Allah bless your dear soul, and place you and Nani among those who are favoured, and enter you into Paradise, where we shall all meet again as one, insya Allah.

Al-Fatihah.