I wake up and hope that all the events from yesterday were a nightmare. My Abuela couldn’t be gone, it didn’t seem real. My father came into the room “Are you almost ready to leave, we have to go to Estraudo and Magda's house soon” At that moment I knew everything from the previous night was real. I got up and got dressed, dreading the day to come my uncle Billy drove my father and me to Estraudo and Magda's house, and as we pulled up my stomach dropped. They were the last ones to see her alive, to see her laugh, to see her smile, and to say the most random things. We walked into the house and it did not change a bit, the couch with the ugly floral pattern, the kitchen so small that only two people could fit in at a time. It was all so familiar to me. Estraudo came up to me and smiled softly at me

 “Hey Lexapoo, it’s been a while I’m sorry you had to come back here because of bad circumstances” 

“It is fine I guess where’s Magda?” “She isn’t taking this loss very well but let me grab my things and we can go to the funeral home.” I take a deep breath

 “Alright let’s get this over with,” I say with no emotions. 

We get into the car and Estraudo gives Uncle Billy directions to the funeral home, minutes later we park in a parking spot and get out. I was dreading this moment, I could feel my heart racing,I felt like it would pop out of my chest. We walked in and Estraudo told the people there that we were going to see my Abuela, they led us to the room and closed the door for privacy. I look and see her on top of a burgundy casket. I looked directly at my Abuela who doesn’t look anything like she used to.

 Her body was Casper white, she looked colorless, she was skinnier than a twig, she looked so unhealthy, and her hair was not done like it normally was. Looking at her broke my heart, and I started to cry as I did that I looked over at my father and I saw tears rolling down his face. It pains me to see him this way, I walk over to her and held her hand as I say my final goodbye “ I love you Abuela, I’m sorry I didn’t get to see you before you passed and tell uncle cokie and Grandpa I love them too” my voice cracked as I spoke then my father said his goodbyes to her “ I miss you already mom, why did you leave? You were the only family I had left” he broke down into tears. As soon as he did that the lights started to flicker we looked up as it stopped, and my father and I smiled because we knew she wouldn’t leave without saying goodbye to us “Wow Mom thanks for closing that door for me, i love you” getting a sense of peace me and my father walk out knowing one day we will see her again soon.