Poppa's Goodbye.

From: Sara (sara_berry11@hotmail.com)
Story type: Angel
Location: Belleville General Hospital
Source: Form Submission

Ghost story, not to sure..
My grandfather (aka Poppa) and I had always been very close.

On August 18, 2005 after suffering just over a year with the lost of my nana, his beloved wife, he finally gave up and went with her.

Maybe two weeks earlier (give or take a few days) Poppa's roommate in the hospital pulled my father away saying that my poppa was saying that he needed to say goodbye to me. My parents just said it was because I was going to Alberta the following weekend and he remembered and needed to say bye before I left. I knew otherwise. I knew that, that moment was going to be the last that I was going to spend with the love of my life, my grandfather.

I went to Alberta with no incidents and came back waiting to see my grandpa to give him the glass hersey's kiss (a kiss that lasts forever) i got for him. Thursday the 18th I woke up at 6:20 am, then fell back asleep only to be awoken by the phone at 6:40 am and my mom comming into my room to let me know my poppa gave up. I was devisated.

We went to the hospital that day to say our goodbyes and when I walked into the hospital room where he lay, I had the wind knocked out of me and I felt very heavy. Chalk it up to shock. But the whole time, I was unable to go near his body. I couldnt give him a final kiss. But all i could hear was him saying "Sara, give me a kiss".. but i knew he understood that I wasnt able to.

I got my final goodbye when I walked the ern with him and my grandmother to the niche they share and I know they are happy and together now.