Grandma

How's it going?:)
Lately, I have a lot of things to do (well, especially home work) so I go to bed around 3A.M so I'm kind of getting tired...
I wasn't like this when I was in high school though. I NEVER studied or did my homework. lol I was hanging out with my friends everyday after school.
Anyways, today I got letters from my host family in Canada.:D They sent me some birthday presents and pictures. My birthday was on August.
I was sooo happy that they sent me some presents and letters and pictures. I was reading the letter from my host sister and as I notice the fact, I was shocked.
My host mom's mom (Grandma)has passed two months ago. I could not believe this. Grandma is only 59years old and she always looked healthy and active. I didn't know, but she had cancer. I really loved grandma. She welcomed me in her family, and she was always nice to me and gave me a big hug. Grandma lived 5hours away by car from my house so we couldn't visit her that often. I really loved going to her house. She baked the BEST bread in the world! X)
It was like a month before I came back to Japan, grandma came to our house to say good-bye to me and gave me presents. She said to me that she hopes to see me again and I'm always welcome to her house.
In the letter I sent last time, I asked my host family how's grandpa and grandma are doing. I was assuming that my host family would write in the letter that they are doing good. I never thought about somebody passed away. I was always assuming for a good news. But now that she has passed away I will never get to see her.
We should always have in our mind that people around us would not always be there. We should not assume that they are always there.
I'm so glad that I met her in Canada and I will never forget the times I spent with her.