I was staying with my grandfather in his little apartment while my grandmother was at the hospital down the street. She had a stroke and couldn't speak - and his whole life now revolved around spending time sitting beside her every day. I lived in Calgary at the time but my dad thought it was important for me to spend some time with him. I remember one night after dinner we were watching TV and he told me that he really wanted to watch the Chinese news on Channel 4. It hadn't started yet and he drifted off to sleep in his chair. I turned the channel and saw 'Seinfeld'. I thought it was really funny so I continued to watch it, even though I know my grandfather really wanted to watch the news. When he woke up we switched the channel and the news had already ended - he missed it. He missed it because I purposely didn't wake him up. I wish he were still alive today so we could watch the news together. I've always felt guilty about this.
2008-03-24