(no subject)

[radlilim]

My grandpa died today. Not sure how I feel about that. I haven't seen him since I was like 8, I think. Our only correspondence was one letter each year, he'd send me one on my birthday, I'd reply. I won't be getting one this year, I guess. It will be missed. He said that he didn't want a memorial service, does that mean he doesn't want anyone to think of him as dead? It kinda just hit me when mom said that. What does it mean when someone doesn't want a service? They want to be forgotten? Or they want to be remembered when they when they were alive?