Dear Grandma,

    I am writing to you because I miss you very much, and I know I don’t talk to you as much as I should, even though you aren’t here anymore. I wish you were still here and could be part of my life. We are all doing well. Justin is doing well at college, and I am also working hard in school. I don’t hear from grandpa very much anymore. He stopped visiting. He has a girlfriend now; she seems pretty nice.

    I remember you perfectly before you left. I remember you trying to keep a smile on your face as you lay in your bed with your Santa hat on. I remember us talking to you and trying to keep you awake.