Felix's grandmother just passed away. His dad called us late last night to give us the news. All I could think about was our visit to her hospital room last month, the day before she was going to be released to go home. I made her promise me that she'd take good care of herself and work on recovering, in exchange for promising that Felix and I would start a family next year. Grandma agreed that she'd have to be in better shape by the time we brought the great-grandchildren to visit. Just the thought of little ones made her smile and laugh delightedly. I gave her a big hug when we left and told her we'd see her again when we came back in November.

Sigh...