Exercise: letter to the past

Dear Grandma (my mother’s mom)

You had the brightest smile, the sweetest laugh and the most entertaining stories i have ever heard. You always light up my world although we only got to visit you every chinese new year. When we were younger, we would listen to your funny antics and your stories that you could go on telling forever. It was like an adventure, the only source of entertainment on days when we visited you randomly. It was as though the first and third generation formed an alliance with each other, always keeping the good stuff to ourselves and not letting our parents know. My grandma was just like one of us. But i never thought that that fateful day would come. october 24th 2004. I was still naive and dumb at that time. So i couldn’t feel any emotions when my grandma passed on. Thats just an honest saying. The only time i felt emotional was when i saw my mother crying madly, holding on to the bar in the crimination room. Now that i get a chance to finally express my true feelings, i would like to say sorry to my grandma for being so naive. Although i cant reverse time, i would like her to know that i really loved her with all my heart when i was still a kid. I would hug her and talk to her non-stop for hours and hours about many things i wanted to say to her if she was still alive. Like how i have progressed and matured not only in my physical appearance, but also in the way i think and how i view things now. I wish that she could be here today to witness my graduation from primary school til secondary and further on. But i have got to accept the fact that she isn’t coming back anymore. Time to move on and live my life. Being a pessimist isn’t going to help me, i have to be strong and think positive. thank you grandma.

Love, Your grandson

1 thought on “Exercise: letter to the past”

  1. theredpants said:

    Good letter – really showcased the change you went through. I would like to have seen your whole letter addressed to your grandmother directly – sometimes it’s more powerful to hear and write the words that way.

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