Danny's Grandma Judith (Donna's mom) passed away last week so we took a quick overnight trip to Cedar City for her funeral. She had tested positive for Covid two weeks before her death but overcame and survived that. Her health had been declining for some time and she had also been suffering from dementia for even longer than that. I have never known her without her alzheimer's diagnosis. We've been having some car troubles and our car was in the shop. We didn't know if we'd be able to make this little trip due to the fact we had no car and Danny and I have been social distancing from others because he has a tentative big oral examination coming up that he cannot be sick for. I'm also social distancing because if I catch Covid and my sister passes then I won't be able to attend her funeral. In the end we decided it could be nice for Danny's mom for us to show up even if it's just briefly. Danny's parents and siblings left earlier in the week and made a week of it and that would have been fun if we under different circumstances.
We rented a van yesterday evening after Danny got home from school and drove to Cedar City. We got there in time for bedtime and luckily Addie and Hudson both feel asleep quickly. Grant on the other hand was well aware that we were in a new hotel room and that might have been a little exciting for him. He had trouble sleeping and finally late into the night fell asleep. We woke up early this morning, grabbed some breakfast and then arrived at the funeral home. Unfortunately we didn't get there in time to see Danny's grandma before the coffin closed. Danny went into the room to listen to the speakers uninterrupted while I stayed in the foyer with our three kids. We brought little things to keep them occupied and it worked. Danny was never close to this grandma and insisted that he was fine with us not staying long but I'm happy that we were able to at least participate in parts of it. After the funeral home we headed to the cemetery where Danny was a pallbearer and then after the ceremonial prayer we got back in the rented van and made the drive home. We didn't participate in the luncheon because of we didn't want to risk any Covid exposure from all the family and friends who travelled from far. Danny has relatives who came from North Carolina who flew in and right now the airports are germ fests. We decided to grab food on the way home and made it back before dinner. All in all we were not even gone 24 hours. It was a very fast trip where yesterday we were home at this time and now here we are a day later and we're already back home but in the meantime we stayed overnight in a city not close to here. It's not looking like a vacation is going to happen this year so does going away for 12 hours count?
Grandma Judy I've heard lots of stories about you and I just wish we had more moments together and gotten to know one another. Rest in peace.
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