The usual way, I bought snacks for my grandma and grandpa. Their door is always open, so I could see grandma sitting in her chair, staring into the space. The next thing I did was to greet my grandpa as he's the one who opens the gate door for us. My grandma hadn't done it for a few years because her legs are weak and she needed someone to support her as she walks. Of course, that person is my handsome grandpa.
I entered their house (well, it's my second home as well) with a huge smile and greeted grandpa. Then, I walked towards my grandma and raised my voice to greet her as one of her ears is impaired. Her eyesight is not very good as well, so all she could see is blur images, I supposed. So, I would go near her face to greet her and at the same time, reach out my hand to catch hers.
My grandpa then ate the food that I've bought. While my grandpa is enjoying his food, I fed my grandma with her favourite dessert (I'm not sure whether it's her favourite, but she tells us that it's rather tasty). After finishing her food, she would thank me for doing so and I told her that she didn't need to thank me. I didn't tell her the reason why because I don't know how to translate it in Hokkien dialect. I wanted to tell her that I'm her grand daughter and it's my responsibility to take good care of her, do things for her to show my love for her, so there is no need to thank me at all.
After that, I sat on the sofa beside her. Wonder why I always do that? It's because I wanted to go near and just to let her know that I'm beside her, listening to the words and laughter that always come out from her throat and then mouth.
At first, I didn't really know what to tell her or ask her though I wanted to interact with her. Then, I realised that I don't need to come up with a specific topic. Hence, I just talked to her about that stuff that were in my mind. It did work, but sometimes she didn't reply me, which I think it's because she didn't hear what I was saying. And sometimes my grandpa would laugh at the stuff that I've told my grandma about. I wasn't really talking about funny stuff but I don't know, maybe it's because I looked funny when I interact with grandma haha.
When the surroundings start to darken, my grandma would ask me to go home because it's getting late. It's only around 6pm or so, but she's always worried about my safety. Such that, she's afraid that I might bump into some bad people who would attack me or something. She said something like "It's getting dark, go home quickly." So i assured that I would go home soon, but everytime I delayed by one or two hours before leaving their house.
When it was time to go home, she would reach out her hand again, for me to catch hers. I would always tell her "Grandma, I'll visit you again next week with my mum and siblings", followed by a smile like this:
That sentence makes both my grandma and grandpa look forward to the weekends as that's when most of us, including my aunts, uncle and cousins would visit them. Also, that's when we interact with each other and bond together. This also brings us closer in a way.
I'm still missing my grandma, and I know she's doing well in another dimension that's not far from us. We're going to visit grandpa later and I'm sure he will flash his huge smile the moment he sees us.
P.S: I started blogging this post on Friday at 4.01pm, but I stopped and could only complete it this afternoon.
