Is my grandma preparing me??

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brianafay
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I'm posting this here because my grandparents are both Caps

I went to see them last weekend and took them for lunch for grandparents day so she sent me a little thank you note (she still sends me letters and cards snail mail cause "she doesn't text" she says)

In the note she goes on to say "as you can see, me and grandpa are getting old , but we're not doing too bad for 78 and 83. I've started compiling a journal with photographs because I know what happens when boxes are left behind- they go to the dump because no one knows who they are." ?

Then finishes with "we are so proud of you and feel God truly blessed us with you. We hope you know you are loved more than words can ever express"

So I cried. Is she preparing me— I don't know how to take this .
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I wouldn't stress over it. They're at an age where they realize what could happen soon and want to make sure everything is in order. Their friends are getting old and/or passing away and it just becomes something they're very aware of and start preparing for because who the hell knows when at that age?

...I have an old family. This is just what older people do. It's not them "telling" you anything, just them realizing that shit might get real and they're worried about things that may fall by the wayside should something happen.

My grandma did that on and off for almost a decade. Wasn't anything foreboding, just "I want you to have this," or "I want to make sure this is taken care of when I'm gone." and so on.
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Posted by brianafay
I'm posting this here because my grandparents are both Caps

I went to see them last weekend and took them for lunch for grandparents day so she sent me a little thank you note (she still sends me letters and cards snail mail cause "she doesn't text" she says)

In the note she goes on to say "as you can see, me and grandpa are getting old , but we're not doing too bad for 78 and 83. I've started compiling a journal with photographs because I know what happens when boxes are left behind- they go to the dump because no one knows who they are." ?

Then finishes with "we are so proud of you and feel God truly blessed us with you. We hope you know you are loved more than words can ever express"

So I cried. Is she preparing me— I don't know how to take this .


oh please not the grandparents!! it hurts to think about anything happening to them. OP I wish them a long happy life!! spend time with them as much as you can, in any case they're old and need you.
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Posted by brianafay
Oh, I didn't see it as a negative at all...it just threw me that she would write that in a little thank you note - not the part where they're proud of me and love me - the part where she randomly mentions she's preparing a journal to LEAVE BEHIND so it doesn't go to the dump

I felt it was very sweet of her to write me , but why the other part?

So you can know to look for it. Just make you aware that it exists
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Her friends... she's probably witnessed a few die by now,

and all the hard things that go along with it-- esp for family.

Sounds like she's just being proactive... is that her nature,

anyway, to always be a bit ahead of the game?